Section 426. The board, upon petition of any party and upon cause shown, may grant a rehearing of any petition upon which the board has made an award or disallowance of compensation or other order or ruling, or upon which the board has sustained or reversed any action of a referee; but such rehearing shall not be granted more than eighteen months after the board has made such award, disallowance, or other order or ruling, or has sustained or reversed any action of the referee: Provided, however, That nothing contained in this section shall limit or restrict the right of the board, or a referee to review, modify, set aside, reinstate, suspend, or terminate, an original or supplemental agreement, or an award in accordance with the provisions of section four hundred thirteen of this article.
(426 amended Feb. 8, 1972, P.L.25, No.12; repealed in part Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53)
Compiler's Note: Section 31 of Act 57 of 1996 provided that, in a provision of Act 338 of 1915 not affected by Act 57, a reference to the word "referee" shall be deemed a reference to the phrase "workers' compensation judge."
Compiler's Note: Section 2(a) of Act 53 of 1978 provided that whenever the Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board shall grant a rehearing under section 426 of the act during the pendency of judicial review, the board shall file with the reviewing court a certified copy of its order granting such rehearing. A certified copy of any award or order of the board or of a referee sustained by the board, as affirmed or modified upon judicial review, may be filed with the office of the clerk of the court of common pleas of any county, and the proper officer shall enter judgment for the total amount stated by the award or order to be payable, whether then due and accrued or payable in future installments.