New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKPLACE INJURY MANAGEMENT AND WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1998 - SECT 248A

248A Review of Act

(1) The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal is to conduct a review of the amendments made by the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2001 and the Workers Compensation Legislation Further Amendment Act 2001 to determine whether the policy objectives of those amendments remain valid and whether the terms of the Workers Compensation Acts remain appropriate for securing those objectives.

(2) The review is to be undertaken as soon as possible after the period of 12 months from the date of assent to the Workers Compensation Legislation Further Amendment Act 2001 , and is to be completed by 27 April 2003.

(3) Within 1 month of the completion of the review, the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal is to:

(a) cause a statement setting out the results of the review to be provided to the Minister to be laid before each House of Parliament before 27 April 2003, and

(b) give a copy of the review to the Council.

(4) The Council is to cause a statement setting out its views, if any, on the review to be provided to the Minister to be laid before each House of Parliament within 1 month after the Council receives the copy of the review and before 27 April 2003.

(5) If a House of Parliament is not sitting when a statement is sought to be laid before the House, the statement is to be presented to the Clerk of the House concerned.

(6) The statement:

(a) on presentation and for all purposes is taken to have been laid before the House, and

(b) may be printed by authority of the Clerk of the House, and

(c) if printed by authority of the Clerk, is for all purposes taken to be a statement published by or under the authority of the House, and

(d) is to be recorded:

(i) in the case of the Legislative Council-in the Minutes of the Proceedings of the Legislative Council, and

(ii) in the case of the Legislative Assembly-in the Votes and Proceedings of the Legislative Assembly,

on the first sitting day on the House after receipt of the statement by the Clerk.