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WORKERS' COMPENSATION (DUST DISEASES) REGULATION 2008 - NOTES

- Made under the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942 - As at 1 September 2008 - Reg 345 of 2008

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942.
Minister Assisting the Minister for Finance

Explanatory note

The object of this Regulation is to remake, with no substantial changes, the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Regulation 2003, which is repealed on 1 September 2008 by section 10 (2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.
This Regulation makes provision with respect to the following:

(a) the holding of meetings of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Board (clause 4),
(b) the service of summonses to attend meetings of the board (clause 5),
(c) the procedure to be followed at meetings of the medical authority appointed under the Act (clause 6),
(d) the prohibition of members of the medical authority from disclosing information as to the physical condition of applicants for compensation (clause 7),
(e) the making of applications for compensation (clause 8),
(f) the requiring of employers to furnish information to the board regarding the employment and remuneration of applicants and other persons (clause 9),
(g) other matters of a minor, consequential or ancillary nature (clauses 1, 2, 3 and 10).
This Regulation is made under the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942, including section 10 (the general regulation-making power).
This Regulation comprises or relates to matters set out in Schedule 3 to the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989 -namely, matters of a machinery nature and matters that are not likely to impose an appreciable burden, cost or disadvantage on any sector of the public.

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Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted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

Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Regulation 2008 (345). GG No 97 of 15.8.2008, p 7605. Date of commencement, 1.9.2008, cl 2.