1. An employer or a user, as the case may be, shall within seven days of any incident referred to in section 24 of the Act, give notice thereof to the provincial director in the form of WCL 1 or WCL 2 as published in the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993 (Act No. 130 of 1993): Provided that upon future publication in the Government Gazette to the effect that where such notice was given to the Compensation Commissioner as contemplated in the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993 (Act No. 130 of 1993), it will be deemed given to the provincial director: Provided further that where a person in consequence of such an incident dies, becomes unconscious, suffers the loss of a limb or part of a limb or is otherwise injured or becomes ill to such a degree that he or she is likely either to die or to suffer a permanent physical defect, such incident, including any other incident as contemplated in Section 24 (1) (b) and (c) of the Act, shall forthwith also be reported by the employer or user, as the case may be, to the provincial director by telephone, facsimile or similar means of communication.
2. When an injured person dies as a result of his injuries after notice of the incident in which he was injured has been given in terms of subregulation (1), the employer or user as the case may be, shall forthwith notify the provincial director of his or her death.
3. The provision of subregulations (1) and (2) shall mutatis mutandis apply in the case of incidents arising out of or in connection with the activities of persons at work, occurring to persons other than persons at work.
4. Any registered medical practitioner shall within 14 days of the examination or treatment of a person for a disease as contemplated in section 25 of the Act, give notice thereof to the chief inspector and the employer in the form of WCL 22 as published in the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993 (Act No. 130 of 1993).
5. A registered nurse or any other person may in writing give notice of any disease as contemplated in subregulation (4), to the employer and chief inspector.