South Australian Consolidated Regulations

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION (CLAIMS AND REGISTRATION) REGULATIONS 1999 - SCHEDULE 3

Schedule 3—Additional information to accompany application for registration as a self-insured employer or group of self-insured employers

1—Financial information

The applicant must provide—

            (a)         a copy of the audited financial statements of the applicant for the last 5 financial years immediately preceding the application; and

            (b)         a statement, prepared by an actuary, of the liabilities that an employer would be undertaking over the first 12 months if the applicant were registered as a self-insured employer; and

            (c)         details of the financial guarantee or other security arrangements, and the contract of insurance, that the applicant would obtain for the purposes of Schedule 4 if the applicant were registered as a self-insured employer.

2—Claims administration

The applicant must provide a detailed plan of the arrangements that the applicant would implement to administer claims under the Act, which must include details of—

            (a)         the job specifications of the officers who would be responsible for administering the claims; and

            (b)         the lines of accountability and control that would apply to those officers; and

            (c)         the policies that would be adopted for the rehabilitation of disabled workers; and

            (d)         the arrangements that would be implemented for the making of claims under the Act,

and a copy of any form that the applicant would require a claimant to complete must accompany the plan.

3—Claims record

The applicant must, in relation to the period of 5 financial years immediately preceding the application, provide details of—

            (a)         the disabilities arising from employment that the applicant's workers have suffered over that period, identifying those disabilities according to—

                  (i)         nature and severity; and

                  (ii)         cause; and

            (b)         the rehabilitation programs that the applicant has provided over that period for disabled workers; and

            (c)         the success that the applicant has achieved over that period in returning workers who have suffered disabilities to work.

4—Safety policies

The applicant must provide—

            (a)         a copy of any safety policy that has been adopted by the applicant; and

            (b)         details of any programs that the applicant has implemented, or proposes to implement, to train workers in safe working procedures; and

            (c)         details of the facilities and arrangements that the applicant has for providing first aid to workers; and

            (d)         details of any safety committees that have been established by the applicant, and a copy of any minutes kept from meetings held by those committees over the period of 6 months immediately preceding the application.

5—Details of registered associations

The applicant must provide the name of any registered association of which any worker employed by the applicant is a member.