New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION (BUSH FIRE, EMERGENCY AND RESCUE SERVICES) ACT 1987 - SECT 32

32 Application of Principal Act and 1998 Act

(1) Except as otherwise provided under this Act, the following provisions of the Principal Act have effect as if included in this Act (with such modifications as may be necessary or as may be prescribed by the regulations):

(a) section 14,

(b) Division 1 of Part 3 (except sections 26-28),

(c) Division 2 of Part 3 (except sections 52, 52A and 52B),

(d) Division 3 of Part 3,

(e) Division 4 of Part 3,

(f) Division 6 of Part 3,

(g) Division 7 of Part 3,

(h) Division 9 of Part 3,

(i) sections 151 and 151Z,

(l) Schedule 6,

(m) any other provision prescribed by the regulations.

(1A) Except as otherwise provided under this Act, the following provisions of the 1998 Act have effect as if included in this Act (with such modifications as may be necessary or as may be prescribed by the regulations):

(a) Division 7 of Part 2 of Chapter 4 (Medical examinations and disputes),

(b) section 234,

(c) section 235,

(d) any other provision prescribed by the regulations.

(2) Except as otherwise provided by or under this Act, provisions of the Principal Act and the 1998 Act which apply under or have effect for the purposes of this Act so apply or have effect as if in those provisions:

(a) a reference to a worker were a reference to a fire fighter under Part 2 of this Act, or an emergency service worker or a rescue association worker under Part 3 of this Act, as the case requires, and

(b) a reference to the employer of a worker were a reference to the Authority, and

(c) a reference to the Authority’s Fund were a reference to the Bush Fire Fighters Compensation Fund or the Emergency and Rescue Workers Compensation Fund, as the case requires.