Part 4Entitlements and related matters
Vocational independence
107Corporation to determine vocational independence
The Corporation may determine the vocational independence of—
- a claimant who is receiving weekly compensation:
- a claimant who may have an entitlement to weekly compensation.
The Corporation determines a claimant's vocational independence by requiring the claimant to participate in an assessment carried out—
- for the purpose in subsection (3); and
- in accordance with sections 108 to 110 and clauses 24 to 29 of Schedule 1; and
- at the Corporation's expense.
The purpose of the assessment is to ensure that comprehensive vocational rehabilitation, as identified in a claimant's individual rehabilitation plan, has been completed and that it has focused on the claimant's needs, and addressed any injury-related barriers, to enable the claimant—
- to maintain or obtain employment; or
- to regain or acquire vocational independence.