WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 448 WorkCover may enter into work performance arrangements

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 448

448 WorkCover may enter into work performance arrangements

(1) WorkCover may enter into, and give effect to, a work performance arrangement with—

(a) the employing office; or

(b) the appropriate authority of another government entity or non-Queensland government entity.

(2) A work performance arrangement may make provision for all matters necessary or convenient to be provided under the arrangement.

(3) For example, a work performance arrangement may provide for—

(a) the appointment of a person to an office, and the holding of the office by the person, for the arrangement; and

(b) the authorising of a person to exercise powers for the arrangement; and

(c) whether payment is to be made for work done under the arrangement and, if so, what payment is to be made and who is to make the payment.

(4) A person performing work for WorkCover under a work performance arrangement entered into under subsection (1) —

(a) is not employed by WorkCover; and

(b) remains an employee of the employing office, or an employee of the other government entity or non-Queensland government entity whose appropriate authority is a party to the arrangement.

(5) To remove any doubt, it is declared that WorkCover does not have power to employ a person performing work for WorkCover under a work performance arrangement entered into under subsection (1) .