Amended Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act

(1)(a)  A claim for compensation in terms of this Act shall be lodged by or on behalf of the claimant in the prescribed manner with the commissioner or the employer or the mutual association concerned, as the case may be, within 12 months after the date of the accident or, in the case of death, within 12 months after the date of death.

(b)          If a claim for compensation is not lodged as prescribed in paragraph (a), such claim for compensation shall not be considered in terms of this Act, except where the accident concerned has been reported in terms of section 39.

(2)           Notwithstanding subsection (1)(a) a claim for compensation by any seaman or airman may be lodged with the person in command of the ship or aircraft concerned, as the case may be, except if such seaman or airman is himself the person in command.

(3)         If any seaman or airman meets with an accident outside the Republic resulting in death, a claim for compensation shall be instituted within 12 months after news of the death has been received by any dependant claiming compensation.

(4)         The provisions of section 38 shall apply mutatis mutandis in respect of any failure to institute a claim or in respect of any error or inaccuracy in a claim instituted in terms of this section.