South Australian Consolidated Regulations29—Transitional provision—Rehabilitation and return to work
co-ordinators
(1) In this
regulation—
"co-ordinator" means a rehabilitation and return to work co-ordinator under
the designated section;
"designated section" means section 28D of the principal Act, as enacted by the
2008 Amendment Act;
"principal Act" means the Workers Rehabilitation and
Compensation Act 1986 ;
2008 Amendment Act means the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Scheme
Review) Amendment Act 2008 .
(2) Subject to
subregulation (3), the designated section will apply to employers
registered under the principal Act on and from 1 December 2008
(including employers whose registration commenced before that date).
(3) An employer is not
required to appoint a co-ordinator under the designated section until
1 July 2009 (and may appoint a co-ordinator before that date subject
to complying with any training or operational guidelines published by the
Corporation from time to time for the purposes of the designated section but
otherwise not derogating from the full operation of the designated section
from that date).
(4) Regulation 3B
applies from 1 April 2009 and, in relation to a vacancy that has
occurred before that date, the prescribed period for the purposes of section
28D(6) of the Act is a period expiring on 30 June 2009.