TITLE 33 > CHAPTER 18 > § 935

 
                NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER 18--LONGSHORE AND HARBOR WORKERS' COMPENSATION
 
Sec. 935. Substitution of carrier for employer

    In any case where the employer is not a self-insurer, in order that 
the liability for compensation imposed by this chapter may be most 
effectively discharged by the employer, and in order that the 
administration of this chapter in respect of such liability may be 
facilitated, the Secretary shall by regulation provide for the 
discharge, by the carrier for such employer, of such obligations and 
duties of the employer in respect to such liability, imposed by this 
chapter upon the employer, as it considers proper in order to effectuate 
the provisions of this chapter. For such purposes (1) notice to or 
knowledge of an employer of the occurrence of the injury shall be notice 
to or knowledge of the carrier, (2) jurisdiction of the employer by a 
deputy commissioner, the Board, or the Secretary, or any court under 
this chapter shall be jurisdiction of the carrier, and (3) any 
requirement by a deputy commissioner, the Board, or the Secretary, or 
any court under any compensation order, finding, or decision shall be 
binding upon the carrier in the same manner and to the same extent as 
upon the employer.

(Mar. 4, 1927, ch. 509, Sec. 35, 44 Stat. 1441; Pub. L. 92-576, 
Sec. 15(i), Oct. 27, 1972, 86 Stat. 1262; Pub. L. 98-426, Sec. 27(a)(2), 
Sept. 28, 1984, 98 Stat. 1654.)


                               Amendments

    1984--Pub. L. 98-426 substituted ``Secretary'' for ``commission''. 
See Transfer of Functions note set out under section 902 of this title.
    1972--Pub. L. 92-576 inserted reference to the Board in cls. (2) and 
(3).


                    Effective Date of 1984 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 98-426 effective Sept. 28, 1984, see section 
28(e)(1) of Pub. L. 98-426, set out as a note under section 901 of this 
title.


                    Effective Date of 1972 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 92-576 effective 30 days after Oct. 27, 1972, 
see section 22 of Pub. L. 92-576, set out as a note under section 902 of 
this title.