Appeal Rules

Definitions

Words and phrases having defined meanings
in these rules

 
1 In these rules,

Act means the Workers’ Compensation Act;

appeal means an appeal to the Appeals Commission under the Act and these rules;

Appeals Commission means the Appeals Commission continued under section 10 of the Act and includes a panel of the Appeals Commission if so authorized under section 13.1(2) of the Act;
 

Information note
Section 13.1(2) of the Act reads:
	(2) The chief appeals commissioner may authorize a panel of 2 or more appeals commissioners to act on behalf of the Appeals Commission under subsection (1) and that panel may exercise the powers of the Appeals Commission for that purpose.

appellant means the person who files an appeal under these rules or a representative of that person;

assessment has the same meaning as it has in the Act;

Information note

In the Act, assessment means the process by which the premium that is payable under this Act by an employer is determined;

Board means The Workers’ Compensation Board under the Act;

chief appeals commissioner means the person appointed under section 10(1) of the Act as chief appeals commissioner, and includes any other commissioner designated under section 10(6) of the Act to act in that person’s place during a temporary absence;

compensation has the same meaning as it has in the Act;

Information note
compensation is defined in the Act as:
(f)	“compensation” includes medical aid and vocational rehabilitation;

documents-only means a hearing held on the basis of the record provided to the Appeals Commission by the Board in respect of an appeal, written submissions, and other agreed written evidence only;

employer has the same meaning as it has in the Act;

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employer is defined in the Act as:
(j)	“employer” means
	an individual, firm, association, body or corporation that has, or is deemed by the Board or this Act to have, one or more workers in the individual’s or its service and includes a person considered by the Board to be acting on behalf of that individual, firm, association, body or corporation, a proprietor whose application is approved under section 15, a corporation where the application of a director of the corporation is approved under section 15, and a partnership where the application of a partner in the partnership is approved under section 15, and includes the Crown in right of Alberta and the Crown in right of Canada insofar as the latter, in its capacity as employer, submits to the operation of this Act;

file means receipt by the Appeals Commission of any document or thing that may or must be filed with the Appeals Commission under the Act, regulations under the Act, or these rules;

party means a party to an appeal determined under rule 2.13 [Parties to an appeal];

practice guideline means a practice guideline issued by the chief appeals commissioner under rule 1.13 [Practice guidelines];

prescribed form means a form prescribed for use under these rules by the chief appeals commissioner under rule 6.6 [Prescribed forms] modified as circumstances require for use under these rules;

record means the records and information that the Board is required to provide the Appeals Commission, under sections 13.2(2), (3) and (4) of the Act, and includes, without limitation, the records and information in the Board’s possession relating to the decision under appeal, and the written reasons for the decision;

representative means a person who is appointed and authorized to act as the representative of a party and in respect of whom a notice of representation has been filed with the Appeals Commission under rule 1.7 [Right to be represented];

review body means the review body appointed under section 45 of the Act or the review body appointed under section 119 of the Act;

rules includes the Appendix [Definitions] to these rules and prescribed forms;

worker has the same meaning as it has in the Act.

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worker is defined in the Act as
(z)	“worker” means a person who enters into or works under a contract of service or apprenticeship, written or oral, express or implied, whether by way of manual labour or otherwise, and includes a learner, a person whose application to the Board under section 15 is approved, and any other person who, under this Act or under any direction or order of the Board, is deemed to be a worker, but does not include a person who ordinarily resides outside Canada and is employed by an employer who is based outside Canada and carries on business in Alberta on a temporary basis;