New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 15A

15A Time within which program to be established

(1) A return-to-work program required to be established by a category 1 employer must be established before the expiration of the period of 12 months after the employer becomes a category 1 employer.

(2) A return-to-work program required to be established by a category 2 employer must be established before the expiration of the period of 12 months after the employer becomes a category 2 employer.

(3) The Authority may, in a particular case, extend the period during which a return-to-work program is required to be established.

Note: Section 52 (2) (b) of the 1998 Act requires a return-to-work program to be developed by an employer in consultation with workers of the employer and any industrial union of employees representing those workers.