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Workers Compensation Amendment
(Commission Members) Bill 2010
No , 2010
A Bill for
An Act to amend the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act
1998 with respect to the members of the Workers Compensation Commission; and
to make a consequential amendment to the Statutory and Other Offices
Remuneration Act 1975.
Clause 1 Workers Compensation Amendment (Commission Members) Bill 2010
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts: 1
1 Name of Act 2
This Act is the Workers Compensation Amendment (Commission 3
Members) Act 2010. 4
2 Commencement 5
This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act. 6
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Workers Compensation Amendment (Commission Members) Bill 2010
Amendment of Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Schedule 1
Act 1998 No 86
Schedule 1 Amendment of Workplace Injury 1
Management and Workers 2
Compensation Act 1998 No 86 3
[1] Section 368 4
Omit the section. Insert instead: 5
368 Members of Commission 6
(1) The Commission consists of the following members: 7
(a) a President, 8
(b) Deputy Presidents, 9
(c) a Registrar, 10
(d) Arbitrators. 11
(2) The members of the Commission are to be appointed by the 12
Minister. 13
(3) The instrument of appointment of a member is to specify whether 14
a member has been appointed as: 15
(a) the President, or 16
(b) a Deputy President, or 17
(c) the Registrar, or 18
(d) an Arbitrator. 19
(4) One or more of the Arbitrators may be appointed as a Senior 20
Arbitrator, either by the instrument of appointment of the 21
Arbitrator or by a later instrument executed by the Minister. 22
[2] Schedule 5 Provisions relating to members of Commission 23
Omit clause 4. Insert instead: 24
4 Remuneration 25
(1) The following are entitled to be paid remuneration (including 26
travelling and subsistence allowances) in accordance with the 27
Statutory and Other Offices Remuneration Act 1975: 28
(a) a Presidential member, 29
(b) the Registrar, 30
(c) a Senior Arbitrator or any other Arbitrator appointed on a 31
full-time basis by the instrument of appointment of the 32
Arbitrator or by a later instrument executed by the 33
Minister. 34
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Workers Compensation Amendment (Commission Members) Bill 2010
Schedule 1 Amendment of Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation
Act 1998 No 86
(2) Any other Arbitrator is entitled to be paid such remuneration 1
(including travelling and subsistence allowances) in respect of 2
work done as a member of the Commission as the Minister may 3
from time to time determine in respect of the Arbitrator. 4
[3] Schedule 5, clause 6 Vacancy in office 5
Omit "(other than an Arbitrator)" from clause 6 (2). 6
[4] Schedule 5, clause 6 (3) 7
Omit the subclause. 8
[5] Schedule 5, clause 8 Seniority 9
Insert after clause 8 (1) (c): 10
(c1) Senior Arbitrators according to the days on which their 11
appointments took effect or, if the appointments of 2 of them took 12
effect on the same day, according to the precedence assigned to 13
them by their instruments of appointment, 14
[6] Schedule 5, clause 13 15
Insert after clause 12: 16
13 2010 Amending Act--saving of existing appointments 17
(1) The substitution of section 368 of this Act by the Workers 18
Compensation Amendment (Commission Members) Act 2010 19
does not affect the continuity in office of any member of the 20
Commission holding office immediately before the 21
commencement of that Act. 22
(2) An Arbitrator holding office immediately before the 23
commencement of that Act is eligible to be appointed as a Senior 24
Arbitrator or on a full-time basis 25
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Workers Compensation Amendment (Commission Members) Bill 2010
Amendment of Statutory and Other Offices Remuneration Act 1975 (1976 Schedule 2
No 4)
Schedule 2 Amendment of Statutory and Other 1
Offices Remuneration Act 1975 (1976 2
No 4) 3
Schedule 2 Public Offices 4
Insert in Part 1 after the matter relating to the Registrar of the Workers 5
Compensation Commission: 6
Senior Arbitrator or other full-time Arbitrator of the Workers 7
Compensation Commission 8
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