New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS INSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED ACT 1980 - SECT 2A

2A WorkCover Authority to assume functions of GIO under this Act

(1) After the commencement of this section, the WorkCover Authority has the functions of the Government Insurance Office under this Act.

(2) Accordingly, after that commencement:

(a) the WorkCover Authority is the successor of the Government Insurance Office in connection with the rights and liabilities arising from the exercise or performance of those functions, and

(b) a reference in this Act to the Government Insurance Office, or a reference in any other Act or in any statutory instrument, contract or other document to the Government Insurance Office in connection with the exercise or performance of those functions, is to be read as a reference to the WorkCover Authority, and

(c) anything done or omitted to be done in connection with the exercise or performance of those functions before that commencement by, to or in respect of the Government Insurance Office is (to the extent that it has any effect) taken to have been done or omitted by, to or in respect of the WorkCover Authority.

(3) In this section, a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority or duty.