(b) for
an injury sustained during the operation of the WorkCover Queensland Act 1996
—the functions and powers that WorkCover had under the following provisions
of that Act—
(c) for an injury sustained
during the operation of the Workers’ Compensation Act 1990 —the functions
and powers that the Workers’ Compensation Board of Queensland had under the
following provisions of that Act—
(d) for an injury sustained during the operation of the Workers’
Compensation Act 1916 —the functions and powers that the Workers’
Compensation Board of Queensland had under the following provisions of that
Act—
(2) To apply the provisions mentioned
in subsection (1) (b) , (c) or (d) , a reference to WorkCover or the
Workers’ Compensation Board of Queensland in the provisions is taken to be a
reference to the self-insurer.
(3) The functions and powers must not be
performed or exercised by WorkCover in relation to the self-insurer’s
workers.
(4) A self-insurer may engage a person who is in Queensland, and who
is employed by the self-insurer under a contract (regardless of whether the
contract is a contract of service), to perform the self-insurer’s functions
or exercise the self-insurer’s powers, other than the functions and powers
set out under the following provisions—
(b) for an injury sustained during the
operation of the WorkCover Queensland Act 1996 — sections 135 , 217 , 228 to
230 , 234 , 235 and 237 to 241 of that Act;
(c) for an injury sustained
during the operation of the Workers’ Compensation Act 1990 — sections 144
, 145 , 148 and 150 to 152 of that Act;
(d) for an injury sustained during
the operation of the Workers’ Compensation Act 1916 — section 14D of that
Act.
(5) The self-insurer must perform the functions and exercise the powers
reasonably.
(6) If a single employer or group employer stops being a
self-insurer, the employer no longer has the functions and powers, except to
the extent stated in section 100.