322/2002

O.C. 1040/2002

November 29, 2002

March 3, 2003

Workers Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2), 2002

Transitional Review and Appeal Regulation

Definitions

In this regulation:

Act means the Workers Compensation Act ;

amendment Act means the Workers Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2), 2002 ;

appeal division means the appeal division, as defined in

section 79 of the Act, immediately before that definition was repealed by the amendment Act;

review board means the review board, as defined in

section 1 of the Act, immediately before that definition was repealed by the amendment Act;

transition date means the date

section 232 (1) of the Act, as enacted by the amendment Act, comes into force.

Unexercised rights

If, before the transition date,

a person has not exercised a right under the Act to appeal a decision of the Board to the review board, and

the time period within which the person must exercise that right has expired,

the person may apply to the chief review officer under

section 96.2 (4) of the Act, as enacted by the amendment Act, to extend the time to request a review under that

section and the chief review officer may extend the time to file the request for review under that section.

If, before the transition date,

a person has not exercised a right under the Act to appeal

a decision of the Board to the appeal division, or

a finding of the review board to the appeal division, and

the time period within which the person must exercise that right has expired,

the person may apply to the chair under

section 243 (3) of the Act, as enacted by the amendment Act, to extend the time to file a notice of appeal under that

section and the chair may extend the time to file the notice of appeal under that section.

A person who is granted an extension of time to file a request for review or a notice of appeal under subsection (1) or (2) may request a review or appeal the decision or finding, as the case may be, within the extended period.

[Provisions of the Workers Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2), 2002 , S.B.C. 2002, c. 66, relevant to the enactment of this regulation:

section 44]