SPORTING INJURIES INSURANCE ACT 1978 - As at 9 June 2021 - Act 141 of 1978 - NOTES
SPORTING INJURIES INSURANCE ACT 1978 - As at 9 June 2021 - Act 141 of 1978 - NOTES
See also--
Motor Accidents and Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Bill 2021
Reprint history:
Reprint No 1 30 June 1983
Reprint No 2 15 July 1986
Reprint No 3 4 October 1988
Reprint No 4 16 October 1991
Reprint No 5 22 September 1998
Reprint No 6 9 November 2004
Historical notes
The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
| Am | amended | LW | legislation website | Sch | Schedule |
| Cl | clause | No | number | Schs | Schedules |
| Cll | clauses | p | page | Sec | section |
| Div | Division | pp | pages | Secs | sections |
| Divs | Divisions | Reg | Regulation | Subdiv | Subdivision |
| GG | Government Gazette | Regs | Regulations | Subdivs | Subdivisions |
| Ins | inserted | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |
Table of amending instruments
Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978 No 141. Assented to 22.12.1978. Date of commencement, secs 1 and 2, Parts 2 and 6 (other than sec 36) and Sch 2 excepted, 16.2.1979, sec 2 and GG No 27 of 16.2.1979, p 707. This Act has been amended as follows:| 1981 | No 116 | Sporting Injuries Insurance (Amendment)
Act
1981. Assented to 18.12.1981. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.4.1982, sec 2 (3) and GG No 50 of 8.4.1982, p 1553; date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.6.1983, sec 2 (4) and GG No 78 of 1.6.1983, p 2465; date of commencement of Sch 4, 16.2.1979, sec 2 (5). |
| 1983 | No 71 | Sporting Injuries Insurance (Amendment)
Act
1983. Assented to 4.5.1983. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.6.1983, sec 2 (2) and GG No 78 of 1.6.1983, p 2465. |
| No 153 | Miscellaneous Acts (Public Finance and Audit) Repeal
and
Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 29.12.1983. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 6.1.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 4 of 6.1.1984, p 19. | |
| 1984 | No 65 | Sporting Injuries Insurance (Amendment)
Act
1984. Assented to 19.6.1984. Date of commencement of Schs 1 and 2 (3), 5.10.1984, sec 2 (3) and GG No 142 of 5.10.1984, p 4914; date of commencement of Sch 2 (2), 3.12.1984, sec 2 (4) (a) and GG No 167 of 30.11.1984, p 5791. |
| No 92 | Sporting Injuries Insurance (Workers'
Compensation)
Amendment Act 1984. Assented to 28.6.1984. Date of commencement of Schs 1 and 2, 3.12.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 167 of 30.11.1984, p 5791. | |
| 1985 | No 231 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1985. Assented to 18.12.1985. |
| 1986 | No 16 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1986. Assented to 1.5.1986. |
| 1987 | No 48 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
1)
1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 32, except as provided by sec 2 (13), 1.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809. |
| No 79 | Miscellaneous Acts (Workers Compensation) Amendment
Act
1987. Assented to 10.6.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 30.6.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 102 of 17.6.1987, p 2944. | |
| 1988 | No 132 | Workers Compensation (Amendment) Act
1988. Assented to 30.12.1988. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978, 1.7.1989, sec 2 (1) and GG No 81 of 30.6.1989, p 3822. |
| 1989 | No 121 | WorkCover Legislation (Amendment) Act
1989. Assented to 24.8.1989. Date of commencement, 1.1.1990, sec 2 and GG No 124 of 22.12.1989, p 11040. |
| 1990 | No 108 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
2)
1990. Assented to 13.12.1990. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978, assent, sec 2. |
| 1991 | No 23 | Sporting Injuries Insurance (Amendment)
Act
1991. Assented to 30.8.1991. Date of commencement, 1.10.1991, sec 2 and GG No 134 of 27.9.1991, p 8338. |
| 1992 | No 112 | Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
| 1994 | No 95 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
2)
1994. Assented to 12.12.1994. Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978, 1.7.1995, Sch 1 and GG No 66 of 2.6.1995, p 2838. |
| 1995 | No 99 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
2)
1995. Assented to 21.12.1995. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| 1996 | No 24 | Financial Institutions (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Act
1996. Assented to 21.6.1996. Date of commencement, 12.7.1996, sec 2 and GG No 84 of 12.7.1996, p 3984. |
| No 30 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1996. Assented to 21.6.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1). | |
| No 121 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
2)
1996. Assented to 3.12.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3). | |
| 1997 | No 102 | Trustee Amendment (Discretionary Investments)
Act
1997. Assented to 25.11.1997. Date of commencement, 13.3.1998, sec 2 and GG No 52 of 13.3.1998, p 1381. |
| No 134 | WorkCover Legislation Amendment Act
1997. Assented to 16.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.2.1998, sec 2 and GG No 22 of 6.2.1998, p 525. | |
| 1998 | No 85 | Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment
Act
1998. Assented to 14.7.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.8.1998, sec 2 and GG No 115 of 31.7.1998, p 5747. |
| 1999 | No 31 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Schs 4 and 5, assent, sec 2 (1). |
| No 94 | Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing)
Act
1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184. | |
| 2000 | No 44 | Intergovernmental
Agreement
Implementation (GST) Act 2000. Assented to 27.6.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 12, 30.6.2000, sec 2 (2). |
| 2001 | No 34 | Corporations
(Consequential
Amendments) Act 2001. Assented to 28.6.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2.47, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001. |
| 2002 | No 23 | Compensation Court Repeal
Act
2002. Assented to 21.6.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 1.8, 1.1.2004, sec 2 (2). |
| No 73 | Miscellaneous Acts
Amendment
(Relationships) Act 2002. Assented to 1.10.2002. Date of commencement, 1.11.2002, sec 2 and GG No 201 of 1.11.2002, p 9302. | |
| No 124 | Workers Compensation
Legislation
Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 16.12.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5982. | |
| 2004 | No 56 | Workers Compensation
Legislation
Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 9.7.2004, sec 2 (1) and GG No 117 of 9.7.2004, p 5772. |
| 2005 | No 64 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 1.34, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| 2007 | No 94 | Miscellaneous Acts (Local
Court)
Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009. |
| 2009 | No 49 | NSW Trustee and Guardian
Act
2009. Assented to 26.6.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (305) LW 1.7.2009. |
| 2010 | No 19 | Relationships Register
Act
2010. Assented to 19.5.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2). |
| 2012 | No 54 | Safety, Return to Work and
Support
Board Act 2012. Assented to 27.6.2012. Date of commencement, 1.8.2012, sec 2 and 2012 (337) LW 27.7.2012. |
| 2015 | No 19 | State Insurance and Care
Governance
Act 2015. Assented to 21.8.2015. Date of commencement of Sch 9, 1.9.2015, sec 2 and 2015 (524) LW 28.8.2015. |
| 2017 | No 63 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2017. Assented to 23.11.2017. Date of commencement of Sch 4.45, 14.1.2018, sec 2 (3). |
| 2018 | No 70 | Government Sector Finance
Legislation
(Repeal and Amendment) Act 2018. Assented to 22.11.2018. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.12.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (673) LW 30.11.2018. |
| 2019 | No 1 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2019. Assented to 17.6.2019. Date of commencement of Sch 2.29, 14 days after assent, sec 2 (1). |
Table of amendments
No reference is made to certain amendments made by Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996.| Long title | Am 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (1); 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 3 | Am 1981 No 116, Schs 1 (1), 2 (1); 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (2). Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 5.99. Ins 2010 No 19, Sch 3.98 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 4 | Am 1981 No 116, Schs 2 (2), 4 (1); 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (3); 1984 No 92, Sch 1 (1); 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [1[#93]; 2002 No 23, Sch 1.8 [1[#93]; 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [3[#93]-[5[#93]; 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [1[#93]; 2017 No 63, Sch 4.45. |
| Sec 5 | Am 1981 No 116, Sch 4 (2); 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [6[#93]; 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 5A | Ins 2002 No 124, Sch 3 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 6 | Am 1984 No 92, Sch 1 (2); 1987 No 79, Sch 1; 1998 No 85, Sch 2.10 [1[#93]; 2002 No 23, Sch 1.8 [2[#93]; 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [7[#93]; 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [2[#93]. |
| Part 2, heading | Am 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [8[#93]; 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 7 | Rep 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [9[#93]. Ins 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 7A | Ins 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [4[#93]. |
| Sec 8 | Am 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (4). |
| Secs 9, 10 | Rep 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [9[#93]. Ins 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [5[#93]. |
| Sec 11 | Am 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (5); 2002 No 124, Sch 3 [2[#93]; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.34; 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [10[#93] [11[#93]; 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [6[#93]-[9[#93]. |
| Sec 11A | Ins 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (6). Am 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [10[#93]-[12[#93]. |
| Sec 11B | Ins 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (6). Am 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [12[#93]-[14[#93]. |
| Sec 12 | Am 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (7); 1996 No 30, Sch 2; 1997 No 102, Sch 2.9. Subst 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [15[#93]; 2018 No 70, Sch 3.55. |
| Sec 13 | Am 1983 No 153, Sch 1. Subst 1985 No 231, Sch 31. Rep 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [9[#93]. |
| Sec 14 | Am 1996 No 24, Sch 1. Rep 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [9[#93]. |
| Sec 15 | Rep 1983 No 153, Sch 1. |
| Part 4 | Subst 1981 No 116, Sch 2 (3). |
| Sec 16 | Am 1981 No 116, Sch 4 (3). Subst 1981 No 116, Sch 2 (3). Am 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [16[#93]. |
| Sec 17 | Subst 1981 No 116, Sch 2 (3). |
| Sec 18 | Subst 1981 No 116, Sch 2 (3). Am 1987 No 79, Sch 1; 1998 No 85, Sch 2.10 [2[#93]. |
| Sec 18A | Ins 1981 No 116, Sch 2 (3). Am 1986 No 16, Sch 23; 2001 No 34, Sch 2.47. |
| Sec 18B | Ins 1981 No 116, Sch 2 (3). |
| Sec 19 | Subst 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (8). |
| Sec 20 | Am 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (9). |
| Sec 24 | Am 1984 No 92, Sch 1 (3); 2004 No 56, Sch 3 [1[#93]. |
| Sec 25 | Am 1983 No 71, Sch 1 (1); 1984 No 92, Sch 1 (3); 1991 No 23, Sch 1 (1); 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [2[#93]-[5[#93]. |
| Sec 26 | Am 1983 No 71, Sch 1 (2); 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (10); 1991 No 23, Sch 1 (2); 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [6[#93]-[8[#93]; 2002 No 73, Sch 1.24 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.98 [2[#93] [3[#93]. |
| Sec 27 | Am 1981 No 116, Sch 4 (4); 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (11). |
| Sec 28 | Am 1984 No 65, Sch 2 (1); 2009 No 49, Sch 2.54. |
| Sec 28A | Ins 1991 No 23, Sch 1 (3). |
| Sec 29 | Am 1984 No 92, Sch 1 (4); 2002 No 23, Sch 1.8 [3[#93]. |
| Sec 30 | Am 1981 No 116, Sch 1 (2); 1987 No 48, Sch 32. |
| Sec 31 | Am 1981 No 116, Schs 3, 4 (5); 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (12); 1985 No 231, Sch 31; 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1994 No 95, Sch 1; 1995 No 99, Sch 2. |
| Sec 32 | Am 1999 No 31, Sch 4.87; 2007 No 94, Sch 4. |
| Sec 33 | Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1. |
| Sec 35A | Ins 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (13). Am 1984 No 65, Sch 2 (2); 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [17[#93]. |
| Sec 35B | Ins 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (13). Am 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [18[#93]. |
| Sec 36 | Subst 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (14). |
| Sec 37 | Ins 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [9[#93]. |
| Sch 1 | Am 1981 No 116, Sch 1 (3). Subst 1983 No 71, Sch 1 (3); 1991 No 23, Sch 1 (4); 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [10[#93]. Am 2019 No 1, Sch 2.29. |
| Sch 2 | Am 1984 No 65, Sch 2 (3); 1984 No 92, Sch 2; 1987 No 79, Sch 1; 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 1989 No 121, Sch 1; 1990 No 108, Sch 1; 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [11[#93]-[14[#93]; 1999 No 94, sec 7 (1) and Sch 5, Part 1. Rep 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [12[#93]. |
| Sch 3, heading | Subst 1981 No 116, Sch 1 (4) (a). Am 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (15). |
| Sch 3 | Am 1981 No 116, Sch 1 (4) (b)-(h). |
| Sch 4 | Ins 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (16). |
| Sch 4A | Ins 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [19[#93]. |
| Sch 5 | Ins 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [15[#93]. Am 2000 No 44, Sch 12.5; 2002 No 73, Sch 1.24 [3[#93] [4[#93]; 2004 No 56, Sch 3 [2[#93] [3[#93]; 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [13[#93]-[15[#93]. |
| The whole Act | Am 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [16[#93] ("registered player" and "registered players" omitted wherever occurring, "registered participant" and "registered participants" inserted instead respectively). |
| The whole Act | Am 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [17[#93] ("enrolled player" and "enrolled players" omitted wherever occurring, "enrolled student participant" and "enrolled student participants" inserted instead respectively). |
| The whole Act | Am 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [2[#93] ("Committee" omitted wherever occurring, "Authority" inserted instead). |