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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 12 March 2007 - onwards
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Regulation 49 Notice of accidents

(1) Every insured person who suffers personal injury by accident in respect of which occupational injuries benefit or any amount under section 86 may be payable, shall, himself or herself or by some person acting on his or her behalf, give notice of such accident either in writing or orally as soon as is practicable after the occurrence thereof.

(2) Every notice given in accordance with sub-article (1) shall contain the appropriate particulars and shall be given to the person who is the insured person's employer at the time of the accident or (if there is more than one employer) to one of such employers, or to any foreman or other official under whose supervision the insured person is employed at the time of the accident or to any person designated for the purpose by the employer.

(3) Any entry of the appropriate particulars of an accident made in a book kept for that purpose in accordance with article 50 shall, if made as soon as practicable after the occurrence of an accident by the insured person or by some person acting on his or her behalf, be sufficient notice of the accident for the purpose of this article.