WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 226 Transfer of existing claims pending in Compensation Court on abolition of that Court

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKERS COMPENSATION REGULATION 2003 - REG 226

226 Transfer of existing claims pending in Compensation Court on abolition of that Court

(1) On and from 1 January 2004, each existing claim in respect of which proceedings instituted in the Compensation Court were pending on 31 December 2003 is to be treated as a new claim for the purposes of the Workers Compensation Acts (under clause 5 of Part 18C of Schedule 6 to the 1987 Act).

(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to a claim in respect of which the relevant proceedings are exempted from transfer to the Commission by operation of the Compensation Court Repeal (Transitional) Regulation 2003 .

Note: This clause does not apply in respect of coal miner claims. See clause 3 of Part 18 of Schedule 6 to the Workers Compensation Act 1987 .