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New South Wales
Workplace Injury Management and
Workers Compensation Amendment
(Private Insurance) Bill 2000
Contents
Page
1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Workplace Injury Management and
Workers Compensation Act 1998 No 86 2
4 Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987 No 70 2
Schedules
1 Amendment of Workplace Injury Management and
Workers Compensation Act 1998 No 86 3
2 Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987 No 70 4
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, has
finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of NEW
SOUTH WALES.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
Legislative Assembly,
Sydney, , 2000
New South Wales
Workplace Injury Management and
Workers Compensation Amendment
(Private Insurance) Bill 2000
Act No , 2000
An Act to amend the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation
Act 1998 and the Workers Compensation Act 1987 to make further provision in
respect of the coming into operation of arrangements for the private underwriting
of workers compensation insurance; and for other purposes.
I have examined this Bill, and find it to correspond in all respects with the Bill as
finally passed by both Houses.
Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly.
Clause 1 Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Amendment
(Private Insurance) Bill 2000
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Workplace Injury Management and Workers
Compensation Amendment (Private Insurance) Act 2000.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on the date of assent.
3 Amendment of Workplace Injury Management and Workers
Compensation Act 1998 No 86
The Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act
1998 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.
4 Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987 No 70
The Workers Compensation Act 1987 is amended as set out in
Schedule 2.
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Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Amendment
(Private Insurance) Bill 2000
Amendment of Workplace Injury Management and Workers Schedule 1
Compensation Act 1998 No 86
Schedule 1 Amendment of Workplace Injury
Management and Workers Compensation
Act 1998 No 86
(Section 3)
[1] Section 4 Definitions
Omit the definition of private insurance start time from section 4 (1).
Insert instead:
private insurance start time means 4 pm on a day to be
appointed by the Governor by order published in the Gazette
for the purposes of this definition.
[2] Section 143A
Insert after section 143:
143A Regulations to modify provisions relating to private insurance
(1) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to
modifying the operation of the provisions of this Chapter.
(2) This section authorises the making of regulations whereby
specified provisions of this Chapter are taken to be amended in
the manner set out in the regulations.
(3) Regulations made under this section:
(a) may only be made with respect to matters for which this
Chapter makes provision, and
(b) are, unless they are revoked or otherwise cease to have
effect sooner, taken to be revoked on the day that is 12
months after the private insurance start time, and may
not be made or published after that day.
[3] Section 145 Policies to be for 12 month periods
Omit the section.
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Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Amendment
(Private Insurance) Bill 2000
Schedule 2 Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987 No 70
Schedule 2 Amendment of Workers Compensation Act
1987 No 70
(Section 4)
Schedule 6 Savings, transitional and other provisions
Insert "Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation
Amendment (Private Insurance) Act 2000" at the end of clause 1 (1) of Part
20.
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