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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - NOTES

This legislation has been repealed.

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1986 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

• This version is comprised of the following:

Part 1

1.7.2012

Part 2

1.7.2012

Part 3

1.7.2012

Part 4

1.7.2013—substituted

Part 5

1.1.2013

Part 6

1.7.2012

Part 6A

1.7.2012

Part 6B

1.7.2012

Part 6C

1.7.2012

Part 6D

1.7.2012

Part 7

1.7.2012

Schedules

1.7.2013

• Amendments of this version that are uncommenced are not incorporated into the text.

• Please note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.

• Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.

• For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.

Repeal of Act

The Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986 was repealed by Sch 9 cl 2 of the Return to Work Act 2014 on 1.7.2015.

Legislation repealed by principal Act

The Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986 repealed the following:

Workers Compensation Act 1971

Principal Act and amendments

Year

No

Title

Assent

Commencement

1986

124

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986

24.12.1986

16.4.1987 (Gazette 16.4.1987 p1008) except ss 36, 26, 2963, 6576, 80, 81, 85, 86, 88120, 122—125, Schs 1—3—4 p.m. on 30.9.1987 (Gazette 17.9.1987 p886)

1987

106

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Amendment Act 1987

17.12.1987

4 p.m. on 30.9.1987: s 2

1988

39

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Amendment Act 1988 as amended by 97/1988

28.4.1988

17.10.1988 (Gazette 6.10.1988 p1236) except new s 58B (as inserted by s 15)—1.1.1989 (Gazette 15.12.1988 p2010) and except ss 18, 19(a) & 22(a) which will not be brought into operation (the sections amended have been substituted by 48/2011)

1988

97

Statutes Amendment (Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation) Act 1988

15.12.1988

Pt 2 (ss 38) and Pt 3 (ss 9 & 10)—15.12.1988 (Gazette 15.12.1988 p2009); s 11 which will not be brought into operation (the section it amended has been substituted by 48/2011)

1990

34

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Amendment Act 1990

26.4.1990

26.4.1990 except s 3—16.4.1987 and except s 5—1.7.1990: s 2

1991

4

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Act 1991

21.3.1991

8.4.1991 (Gazette 4.4.1991 p1148)

1992

69

Statutes Amendment (Public Actuary) Act 1992

19.11.1992

10.12.1992 (Gazette 10.12.1992 p1752)

1992

84

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1992 as validated by 2/1993

3.12.1992

4 p.m. on 30.9.1987: s 2(2) except s 18(a)—8.4.1991: s 2(3) and except ss 1, 2, 4, 5, 16, 18(b), (c), 19, 21 & 22—3.12.1992 (Gazette 3.12.1992 p1688) and except ss 11, 12(a)—(c) & 20—10.12.1992 (Gazette 10.12.1992 p1754) and except ss 7(a) & (b), 8, 9, 13 & 15—3.5.1993 (Gazette 22.4.1993 p1400) and except ss 6, 7(c), 10, 12(d) & 17—1.7.1993 (Gazette 24.6.1993 p2045) and except s 14—3.12.1994 (s 7(5) Acts Interpretation Act 1915)

1992

(97)

Regulations varying the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (General) Regulations 1987 (Gazette 18.6.1992 p1810)



18.6.1992

1992

(212)

Regulations varying the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (General) Regulations 1987 (Gazette 10.12.1992 p1761)



10.12.1992: r 2

1993

1

Statutes Amendment (Chief Inspector) Act 1993

25.2.1993

1.7.1993 (Gazette 17.6.1993 p1974)

1993

2

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Declaration of Validity) Act 1993

25.2.1993

25.2.1993

1993

52

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Review Authorities) Amendment Act 1993

20.5.1993

20.5.1993: s 2(2) and (Gazette 20.5.1993 p1694) except ss 712, 14(a), (d)—(g) & 16(2)—(6)—1.7.1993 (Gazette 24.6.1993 p2045) and except ss 4 & 14(b)—24.2.1994 (Gazette 24.2.1994 p524) and except s 13—20.5.1995 (s 7(5) Acts Interpretation Act 1915)

1994

49

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Administration) Amendment Act 1994

16.6.1994

1.7.1994 (Gazette 30.6.1994 p1842)

1995

35

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Act 1995 as amended by 56/1995

27.4.1995

25.5.1995 (Gazette 25.5.1995 p2200) except ss 9, 14, 16, 26 & 28—17.8.1995 (Gazette 17.8.1995 p446) and except s 7—25.1.1996 (Gazette 25.1.1996 p807) and except s 21—1.4.1996 (Gazette 28.3.1996 p1788) and except s 25—27.6.1996 (Gazette 27.6.1996 p3104)

1995

56

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1995

3.8.1995

17.8.1995 (Gazette 17.8.1995 p447)

1995

75

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Dispute Resolution) Amendment Act 1995 as amended by 21/1996

9.11.1995

14.12.1995 (Gazette 14.12.1995 p1642) except ss 35 & 7—17—3.6.1996 (Gazette 30.5.1996 p2636)

1995

105

Statutes Amendment (Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation) Act 1995

14.12.1995

14.12.1995 (Gazette 14.12.1995 p1642) except s 4—25.5.1995: s 2(a)

1996

2

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (SGIC) Amendment Act 1996

7.3.1996

14.3.1996 (Gazette 14.3.1996 p1592)

1996

21

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Dispute Resolution) Amendment Act 1996

24.4.1996

3.6.1996 (Gazette 30.5.1996 p2636)

1996

34

Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Common Expiation Scheme) Act 1996

2.5.1996

Sch (cl 45)—3.2.1997 (Gazette 19.12.1996 p1923)

1998

30

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Self Managed Employer Scheme) Amendment Act 1998

16.4.1998

ss 36—13.4.2000 (Gazette 13.4.2000 p2084)—cancelled on 13.4.2004: s 8

2000

95

Authorised Betting Operations Act 2000

21.12.2000

Sch 2 (cl 4)—14.12.2001 (Gazette 6.12.2001 p5266)

2001

69

Statutes Amendment (Courts and Judicial Administration) Act 2001

6.12.2001

Pt 16 (s 35)—13.1.2002 (Gazette 10.1.2002 p4)

2003

44

Statute Law Revision Act 2003

23.10.2003

Sch 1—24.11.2003 (Gazette 13.11.2003 p4048)

2005

41

Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare (SafeWork SA) Amendment Act 2005

14.7.2005

Sch 1 (cll 5—7)—15.8.2005 (Gazette 11.8.2005 p3011)

2006

17

Statutes Amendment (New Rules of Civil Procedure) Act 2006

6.7.2006

Pt 81 (ss 258—260)—4.9.2006 (Gazette 17.8.2006 p2831)

2006

23

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Territorial Application of Act) Amendment Act 2006

5.10.2006

1.1.2007 (Gazette 14.12.2006 p4364) except Sch 1 (cll 4—6)—13.9.2007 (Gazette 30.8.2007 p3547)

2006

43

Statutes Amendment (Domestic Partners) Act 2006

14.12.2006

Pt 94 (ss 226—228)—1.6.2007 (Gazette 26.4.2007 p1352)

2008

17

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Scheme Review) Amendment Act 2008

19.6.2008

1.7.2008 (Gazette 26.6.2008 p2556) except new Pt 6C Div 1 & Div 3 (s 98J) (as inserted by s 70)—2.10.2008 (Gazette 25.9.2008 p4576) and except ss 9 & 11—2.10.2008 (Gazette 2.10.2008 p4749) and except ss 5(2) & (3), 12, 27(4), 29, 41(3), certain text of s 63(1)(a) (as inserted by s 41(7)), ss 5262, 6469, 73, Sch 1 cll 3 & 15—1.1.2009 (Gazette 18.12.2008 p5655) and except s 5(14), certain text of s 63(1)(a) (as inserted by s 41(7)), new Pt 6C Div 2 (ss 98E(a)—(d), (g)—(m), (p), (r), 98F(1), (2), (4), 98G, 98H), new Pt 6C Div 3 (s 98I) (as inserted by s 70) & Sch 1 cl 16—1.4.2009 (Gazette 19.3.2009 p1060) and except ss 8(2), 24, 41(6), 51, 83, Sch 1 cll 4(2), (3) & 10—1.4.2009 (Gazette 26.3.2009 p1154) and except ss 22(2), 44(2)—(5), 45, 48, 50 & Sch 1 cl 8—1.7.2009 (Gazette 28.5.2009 p1843) and except Pt 6C Div 2 (s 98E(e), (f), (n), (o), (q)) (as inserted by s 70)—15.10.2009 (Gazette 15.10.2009 p4873) and except s 49 which will not be brought into operation (the section it amended has been substituted by 48/2011) and except new s 4(8) (as inserted by s 6) & new Pt 6C Div 2 (s 98F(3)) (as inserted by s 70)—uncommenced

2009

58

Statutes Amendment (National Industrial Relations System) Act 2009

26.11.2009

Pt 19 (s 47)—1.1.2010 (Gazette 17.12.2009 p6351)

2009

84

Statutes Amendment (Public Sector Consequential Amendments) Act 2009

10.12.2009

Pt 167 (ss 375—380)—1.2.2010 (Gazette 28.1.2010 p320)

2011

48

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Employer Payments) Amendment Act 2011

8.12.2011

Sch 2 (cll 9 & 11)—1.1.2012 (Gazette 15.12.2011 p4989); Pt 2 (ss 4—15), Sch 1 & Sch 2 (cl 10)—1.7.2012 (Gazette 29.3.2012 p1294)

2012

40

Work Health and Safety Act 2012

15.11.2012

Sch 6 (cll 9 & 10)—1.1.2013: s 2

2013

91

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Act 2013

5.12.2013

1.7.2013: s 2

2014

16

Return to Work Act 2014

6.11.2014

Sch 9 (cl 23)—1.7.2013 immediately after 91/2013: s 2(2)

Provisions amended

Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.

Provision

How varied

Commencement

Long title

amended under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002

24.11.2003



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

Pt 1





s 2

substituted by 49/1994 s 3

1.7.1994

s 2(1)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 2(2)

amended by 35/1995 s 3

25.5.1995

s 2(3)

inserted by 17/2008 s 4

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 3





s 3(1)





actuary

inserted by 69/1992 s 31

10.12.1992

Advisory Committee

inserted by 49/1994 s 4(a)

1.7.1994

apprentice

amended by 17/2008 s 5(1)

1.7.2008

arbitration officer

inserted by 75/1995 s 3(a)

3.6.1996



deleted by 17/2008 s 5(2)

1.1.2009

close personal relationship

inserted by 43/2006 s 226(1)

1.6.2007

compensable disability

deleted by 48/2011 s 4(1)

1.7.2012

compensable injury

inserted by 48/2011 s 4(1)

1.7.2012

conciliation and arbitration officer

inserted by 75/1995 s 3(b)

3.6.1996



deleted by 17/2008 s 5(3)

1.1.2009

conciliation officer

inserted by 75/1995 s 3(b)

3.6.1996



substituted by 17/2008 s 5(3)

1.1.2009

conciliator

inserted by 75/1995 s 3(b)

3.6.1996

the Consumer Price Index

deleted by 17/2008 s 5(4)

1.7.2008

Consumer Price Index

inserted by 17/2008 s 5(4)

1.7.2008

contract of service

amended by 17/2008 s 5(5)

1.7.2008

the Corporation

deleted by 49/1994 s 4(b)

1.7.1994

Corporation

inserted by 49/1994 s 4(b)

1.7.1994

corresponding law

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

current work capacity

inserted by 17/2008 s 5(6)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

dependant

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

disability

amended by 39/1988 s 3(a)

17.10.1988



deleted by 48/2011 s 4(2)

1.7.2012

disease

substituted by 34/1990 s 3

16.4.1987



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

domestic partner

inserted by 43/2006 s 226(2)

1.6.2007

employer

amended by 39/1988 s 3(b)

17.10.1988



amended by 17/2008 s 5(7)

1.7.2008

employment

amended by 39/1988 s 3(c), (d)

17.10.1988

evidentiary material

inserted by 75/1995 s 3(c)

3.6.1996

exempt employer

deleted by 17/2008 s 5(8)

1.7.2008

industrial association

inserted by 75/1995 s 3(d)

3.6.1996



amended by 17/2008 s 5(9), (10)

1.7.2008



amended by 58/2009 s 47

1.1.2010

injured worker

inserted by 48/2011 s 4(3)

1.7.2012

injury

inserted by 48/2011 s 4(3)

1.7.2012

legal personal representative

inserted by 17/2008 s 5(11)

1.7.2008

journey

deleted by 49/1994 s 4(c)

1.7.1994

local government corporation

amended by 17/2008 s 5(12)

1.7.2008

medical expert

amended by 17/2008 s 5(13)

1.7.2008

medical question

deleted by 17/2008 s 5(14)

1.4.2009

no current work capacity

inserted by 17/2008 s 5(15)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

notional weekly earnings

amended by 17/2008 s 5(16)

1.7.2008

orphan child

inserted by 4/1991 s 3(a)

8.4.1991

place of employment

substituted by 49/1994 s 4(d)

1.7.1994

place of pick-up

deleted by 49/1994 s 4(e)

1.7.1994

prescribed allowance before substitution by 17/2008

(c) deleted by 4/1991 s 3(b)

8.4.1991

prescribed allowance

substituted by 17/2008 s 5(17)

1.7.2008

presidential member

inserted by 75/1995 s 3(e)

3.6.1996

recognised medical expert

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

registered association

amended by 49/1994 s 4(f)

1.7.1994



deleted by 75/1995 s 3(f)

3.6.1996

relative

amended by 43/2006 s 226(3)

1.6.2007

review authority

amended by 4/1991 s 3(c)

8.4.1991



(c) deleted by 4/1991 s 3(c)

8.4.1991



amended by 48/2011 s 4(4)

1.7.2012

reviewable decision

inserted by 35/1995 s 4

25.5.1995



substituted by 75/1995 s 3(g)

3.6.1996

secondary disability

deleted by 48/2011 s 4(5)

1.7.2012

secondary injury

inserted by 48/2011 s 4(5)

1.7.2012

self-insured employer

inserted by 17/2008 s 5(18)

1.7.2008

spouse

substituted by 43/2006 s 226(4)

1.6.2007

suitable employment

inserted by 17/2008 s 5(19)

1.7.2008

therapeutic appliance

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

trauma

amended by 48/2011 s 4(6)

1.7.2012

the Tribunal

deleted by 75/1995 s 3(h)

3.6.1996

Tribunal

inserted by 75/1995 s 3(h)

3.6.1996

unrepresentative disability

substituted by 49/1994 s 4(g)

1.7.1994



substituted by 105/1995 s 3

14.12.1995



deleted by 48/2011 s 4(7)

1.7.2012

unrepresentative injury

inserted by 48/2011 s 4(7)

1.7.2012

WorkCover premium order

inserted by 48/2011 s 4(7)

1.7.2012

WorkCover premium provisions

inserted by 48/2011 s 4(7)

1.7.2012

worker

amended by 39/1988 s 3(e)

17.10.1988

s 3(2)

deleted by 39/1988 s 3(f)

17.10.1988

s 3(3)

amended by 106/1987 s 3

30.9.1987

s 3(4)

deleted by 49/1994 s 4(h)

1.7.1994

s 3(7)

inserted by 4/1991 s 3(d)

8.4.1991

s 3(8)

inserted by 4/1991 s 3(d)

8.4.1991



substituted by 49/1994 s 4(i)

1.7.1994

s 3(9)—(11)

inserted by 17/2008 s 5(20)

1.7.2008

s 3(11a)

inserted by 48/2011 s 4(8)

1.7.2012

s 3(12)

inserted by 17/2008 s 5(20)

1.7.2008

s 3(13)

inserted by 17/2008 s 5(20)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 s 4(9), (10)

1.7.2012

s 3(14) and (15)

inserted by 17/2008 s 5(20)

1.7.2008

s 4 before substitution by 17/2008





s 4(8)

substituted by 4/1991 s 4

8.4.1991



amended by 84/1992 s 3

30.9.1987

s 4

substituted by 17/2008 s 6

1.7.2008 except s 4(8)—uncommenced

s 4(1), (2), (5), (9), (10), (15) and (16)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 6 before substitution by 23/2006

substituted by 35/1995 s 5

25.5.1995

s 6(4)

s 6 contents commencing "In this section" amended and redesignated as s 6(4) by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)

24.11.2003

s 6

substituted by 23/2006 s 4

1.1.2007

s 6(2) and (5)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

ss 6A and 6B

inserted by 23/2006 s 4

1.1.2007

Pt 2

amended by 39/1988 s 4

17.10.1988



amended by 4/1991 s 5

8.4.1991



substituted by 49/1994 s 5

1.7.1994

s 7





s 7(3)

amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)

24.11.2003

s 7(2)

amended by 17/2008 s 7

1.7.2008

s 8





s 8(3)

amended by 75/1995 s 4

3.6.1996

s 9





s 9(3)

(d) deleted by 84/2009 s 375(1)

1.2.2010

s 9(5)

deleted by 84/2009 s 375(2)

1.2.2010

s 13

substituted by 84/2009 s 376

1.2.2010

Pt 3





Pt 3 Div 1





s 26





s 26(1)—(4)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 27





s 27(1) and (3)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 28





s 28(2)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 28(3)

substituted by 35/1995 s 6

25.5.1995

ss 28A

inserted by 35/1995 s 7

25.1.1996

s 28A(1)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 28A(2)

amended by 17/2008 s 8(1)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 28A(3)

amended by 17/2008 s 8(2)

1.4.2009



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

ss 28B

inserted by 35/1995 s 7

25.1.1996

ss 28C

inserted by 35/1995 s 7

25.1.1996

s 28D

inserted by 17/2008 s 9

2.10.2008

s 28D(4)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

Pt 3 Div 2





heading

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 29

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

Pt 4





Pt 4 Div 1





heading

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 30

amended by 84/1992 s 4

3.12.1992



substituted by 49/1994 s 6

1.7.1994

s 30(1) and (2)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 30(3)

amended by 17/2008 s 10

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 30(4)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 30(5)

(b)(ii) dot points redesignated as (b)(ii)(A) and (B) by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)

24.11.2003



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 30A

inserted by 49/1994 s 6

1.7.1994



substituted by 35/1995 s 8

25.5.1995



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 30B

inserted by 49/1994 s 6

1.7.1994

s 30B(2) and (3)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 31





s 31(1)

substituted by 49/1994 s 7(a)

1.7.1994



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012



amended by 91/2013 s 4(1)

1.7.2013

s 31(2)

substituted by 49/1994 s 7(a)

1.7.1994



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012



amended by 91/2013 s 4(2)

1.7.2013

s 31(2a)

inserted by 91/2013 s 4(3)

1.7.2013

s 31(2b)

inserted by 91/2013 s 4(3)

1.7.2013



amended by 16/2014 Sch 9 cl 23(1)

1.7.2013

s 31(3)

substituted by 49/1994 s 7(a)

1.7.1994



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012



substituted by 91/2013 s 4(4)

1.7.2013

s 31(4)

inserted by 39/1988 s 5

17.10.1988



amended by 49/1994 s 7(b)

1.7.1994

s 31(4a)

inserted by 91/2013 s 4(5)

1.7.2013



amended by 16/2014 Sch 9 cl 23(2)

1.7.2013

s 31(4b)

inserted by 91/2013 s 4(5)

1.7.2013



deleted by 16/2014 Sch 9 cl 23(3)

1.7.2013

s 31(5)

inserted by 34/1990 s 4

26.4.1990



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

Pt 4 Div 2





s 32





s 32(1)

substituted by 35/1995 s 9(a)

17.8.1995



amended by 17/2008 s 11(1)

2.10.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 32(1a)

inserted by 4/1991 s 6(a)

8.4.1991



amended by 52/1993 s 3(a)

20.5.1993



deleted by 35/1995 s 9(a)

17.8.1995

s 32(2)

amended by 39/1988 s 6

17.10.1988



amended by 4/1991 s 6(b)

8.4.1991



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 32(3)

substituted by 4/1991 s 6(c)

8.4.1991

s 32(4)

substituted by 4/1991 s 6(c)

8.4.1991



substituted by 52/1993 s 3(b)

20.5.1993

s 32(4a)

inserted by 52/1993 s 3(b)

20.5.1993

s 32(5)

inserted by 4/1991 s 6(c)

8.4.1991



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 32(6)

amended by 52/1993 s 3(c)

20.5.1993

s 32(7)

inserted by 4/1991 s 6(c)

8.4.1991



amended by 17/2008 s 11(2)

2.10.2008

s 32(8)

inserted by 4/1991 s 6(c)

8.4.1991



amended by 52/1993 s 3(d)

20.5.1993

s 32(9)

substituted by 35/1995 s 9(b)

17.8.1995



amended by 17/2008 s 11(3)

2.10.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 32(10)

inserted by 4/1991 s 6(c)

8.4.1991



substituted by 52/1993 s 3(e)

20.5.1993



substituted by 35/1995 s 9(b)

17.8.1995



amended by 17/2008 s 11(4)

2.10.2008

s 32(11)

inserted by 35/1995 s 9(b)

17.8.1995



amended by 17/2008 s 11(5)

2.10.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 32(12)

inserted by 35/1995 s 9(b)

17.8.1995



amended by 17/2008 s 11(6), (7)

2.10.2008

s 32(12a)

inserted by 17/2008 s 11(8)

2.10.2008

s 32(13)

inserted by 35/1995 s 9(b)

17.8.1995



amended by 17/2008 s 11(9), (10)

2.10.2008

s 32(14)

inserted by 35/1995 s 9(b)

17.8.1995



amended by 17/2008 s 11(11)

2.10.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 32A

inserted by 17/2008 s 12

1.1.2009

s 32A(4) and (7)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 33





s 33(4)

inserted by 39/1988 s 7

17.10.1988



amended by 17/2008 s 13(1)

1.7.2008

s 33(5)

inserted by 17/2008 s 13(2)

1.7.2008

Pt 4 Div 3





s 34





s 34(1)

s 34 redesignated as s 34(1) by 84/1992 s 5

3.12.1992



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 34(2)

inserted by 84/1992 s 5

3.12.1992

s 34(3)

inserted by 17/2008 s 14

1.7.2008

Pt 4 Div 4





s 35 before substitution by 17/2008





s 35(1)

amended by 84/1992 s 6(a)

1.7.1993

s 35(2)

substituted by 35/1995 s 10(a)

25.5.1995

s 35(2a)

inserted by 4/1991 s 7

8.4.1991

s 35(5)

amended by 35/1995 s 10(b)

25.5.1995



substituted by 105/1995 s 4

25.5.1995



amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)

24.11.2003

s 35(5a)

inserted by 105/1995 s 4

25.5.1995

s 35(6)

substituted by 49/1994 s 8

1.7.1994

s 35(6a)

inserted by 84/1992 s 6(b)

1.7.1993



substituted by 49/1994 s 8

1.7.1994



substituted by 35/1995 s 10(c)

25.5.1995

s 35(6b)

inserted by 49/1994 s 8

1.7.1994



amended by 35/1995 s 10(d)

25.5.1995

s 35(7)

amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)

24.11.2003

s 35

substituted by 17/2008 s 15

1.7.2008

s 35(1), (4) and (8)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 35A

inserted by 17/2008 s 15

1.7.2008

s 35A(1)—(4)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 35B

inserted by 17/2008 s 15

1.7.2008

s 35B(2)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 35C

inserted by 17/2008 s 15

1.7.2008

s 35C(2) and (3)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 36





s 36(1)

amended by 4/1991 s 8(a), (b)

8.4.1991



substituted by 35/1995 s 11(a)

25.5.1995



amended by 17/2008 s 16(1)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 36(1a)

inserted by 35/1995 s 11(a)

25.5.1995



amended by 17/2008 s 16(2)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 36(1b)

inserted by 35/1995 s 11(a)

25.5.1995

s 36(2)

amended by 4/1991 s 8(c), (d)

8.4.1991



amended by 17/2008 s 16(3), (4)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 36(3)

substituted by 4/1991 s 8(e)

8.4.1991



amended by 84/1992 s 7(a)

3.5.1993

s 36(3a)

inserted by 4/1991 s 8(e)

8.4.1991



amended by 35/1995 s 11(b), (c)

25.5.1995



amended by 17/2008 s 16(5), (6)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 36(3b)

inserted by 17/2008 s 16(7)

1.7.2008

s 36(4)

substituted by 4/1991 s 8(e)

8.4.1991



substituted by 84/1992 s 7(b)

3.5.1993



substituted by 75/1995 s 5(a)

3.6.1996



substituted by 17/2008 s 16(8)

1.7.2008

s 36(4a)

inserted by 84/1992 s 7(b)

3.5.1993



substituted by 75/1995 s 5(a)

3.6.1996



deleted by 17/2008 s 16(8)

1.7.2008

s 36(4b) and (4c)

inserted by 84/1992 s 7(b)

3.5.1993



deleted by 75/1995 s 5(a)

3.6.1996

s 36(5)

substituted by 84/1992 s 7(b)

3.5.1993



substituted by 75/1995 s 5(a)

3.6.1996



substituted by 17/2008 s 16(8)

1.7.2008

s 36(5a)—(5c)

inserted by 17/2008 s 16(8)

1.7.2008

s 36(6)

inserted by 39/1988 s 8

17.10.1988

s 36(7)—(9)

inserted by 4/1991 s 8(f)

8.4.1991

s 36(10)

inserted by 4/1991 s 8(f)

8.4.1991



amended by 75/1995 s 5(b)

3.6.1996

s 36(11) and (12)

inserted by 4/1991 s 8(f)

8.4.1991

s 36(13)

inserted by 84/1992 s 7(c)

1.7.1993

s 36(14)—(17)

inserted by 17/2008 s 16(9)

1.7.2008

s 37

amended by 84/1992 s 8

3.5.1993



deleted by 35/1995 s 12

25.5.1995



inserted by 17/2008 s 17

1.7.2008

s 37(8)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 38





s 38(1)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 38(1a)

inserted by 35/1995 s 13(a)

25.5.1995

s 38(1b)

inserted by 17/2008 s 18(1)

1.7.2008

s 38(2)

amended by 4/1991 s 9(a)

8.4.1991

s 38(3)

substituted by 35/1995 s 13(b)

25.5.1995



amended by 17/2008 s 18(2)

1.7.2008

s 38(4)

deleted by 4/1991 s 9(b)

8.4.1991



inserted by 35/1995 s 13(b)

25.5.1995

s 38(7)

deleted by 4/1991 s 9(c)

8.4.1991



inserted by 35/1995 s 13(c)

25.5.1995



amended by 17/2008 s 18(3)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 38A

inserted by 56/1995 s 3(1)

17.8.1995



deleted by 17/2008 s 19

1.7.2008

s 39





s 39(1a)

inserted by 17/2008 s 20(1)

1.7.2008

s 39(2)

amended by 84/1992 s 9(a)

3.5.1993



substituted by 56/1995 s 4

17.8.1995



amended by 17/2008 s 20(2), (3)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 39(3)

amended by 84/1992 s 9(b)

3.5.1993



amended by 35/1995 s 14

17.8.1995



amended by 17/2008 s 20(4)

1.7.2008

s 40





s 40(2)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 40(3)

amended by 35/1995 s 15

25.5.1995

s 40(5)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 41





s 41(1)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 41(2)

amended by 35/1995 s 16

17.8.1995



amended by 17/2008 s 21

1.7.2008

s 41(3) and (4)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

Pt 4 Div 4A

heading inserted by 35/1995 s 17

25.5.1995

s 42

substituted by 49/1994 s 9

1.7.1994



substituted by 35/1995 s 17

25.5.1995

s 42(1)

substituted by 56/1995 s 5

17.8.1995



amended by 75/1995 s 6

14.12.1995



(c) deleted by 17/2008 s 22(1)

1.7.2008

s 42(2)

amended by 17/2008 s 22(2)

1.7.2009



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

Pt 4 Div 4B before deletion by 17/2008

Div 4A inserted by 84/1992 s 10

1.7.1993



Div 4A redesignated as Div 4B by 35/1995 s 18

25.5.1995

s 42A





s 42A(3)

amended by 56/1995 s 6

17.8.1995

s 42B





s 42B(3)—(5)

substituted by 75/1995 s 7

3.6.1996

s 42B(6)—(10)

deleted by 75/1995 s 7

3.6.1996

Pt 4 Div 4B

deleted by 17/2008 s 23

1.7.2008

Pt 4 Div 5





s 43 before substitution by 17/2008





s 43(3)—(5)

deleted by 84/1992 s 11(a)

10.12.1992

s 43(6)

amended by 84/1992 s 11(b)

10.12.1992

s 43(7)

amended by 84/1992 s 11(c)

10.12.1992

s 43(7a)

inserted by 84/1992 s 11(d)

10.12.1992

s 43(11)





the prescribed sum

amended by 39/1988 s 9

17.10.1988



amended by 84/1992 s 11(e)

10.12.1992

s 43

substituted by 17/2008 s 24

1.4.2009

s 43(1), (6), (7) and (9)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 43A

inserted by 17/2008 s 24

1.4.2009

s 43A(1) and (8)—(10)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 43B

inserted by 17/2008 s 24

1.4.2009

s 43B(1) and (2)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

Pt 4 Div 6





s 44





s 44(1)

amended by 4/1991 s 10(a)

8.4.1991



amended by 84/1992 s 12(a), (b)

10.12.1992



amended by 43/2006 s 227(1), (2)

1.6.2007



amended by 17/2008 s 25(1)—(3)

1.7.2008



(c) deleted by 17/2008 s 25(2)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 44(2)

deleted by 17/2008 s 25(4)

1.7.2008

s 44(3)

amended by 43/2006 s 227(3)

1.6.2007



deleted by 17/2008 s 25(5)

1.7.2008

s 44(4)

amended by 43/2006 s 227(4)

1.6.2007



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 44(4a)

inserted by 4/1991 s 10(b)

8.4.1991



amended by 84/1992 s 12(c)

10.12.1992



deleted by 17/2008 s 25(6)

1.7.2008

s 44(5)

amended by 4/1991 s 10(c)

8.4.1991



amended by 43/2006 s 227(5)

1.6.2007



amended by 17/2008 s 25(7)

1.7.2008

s 44(6)

amended by 43/2006 s 227(6)

1.6.2007

s 44(7)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 44(10)

substituted by 4/1991 s 10(d)

8.4.1991



amended by 17/2008 s 25(8)

1.7.2008

s 44(11)

amended by 43/2006 s 227(7)

1.6.2007

s 44(12)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 44(13)

deleted by 49/1994 s 10(a)

1.7.1994

s 44(13)

s 44(14a) inserted by 84/1992 s 12(d)

1.7.1993



s 44(14a) redesignated as s 44(13) by 49/1994 s 10(a)

1.7.1994



amended by 35/1995 s 19

25.5.1995

s 44(14)

substituted by 49/1994 s 10(b)

1.7.1994

s 44(15)

substituted by 49/1994 s 10(b)

1.7.1994



amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)

24.11.2003

s 44(16)—(19)

inserted by 49/1994 s 10(b)

1.7.1994

s 45





s 45(7)

amended by 84/1992 s 13

3.5.1993

ss 45A

inserted by 17/2008 s 26

1.7.2008

s 45A(1)





child

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

prescribed sum

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 45A(3) and (4)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 45A(11a)

inserted by 48/2011 s 5

1.7.2012

s 45A(13)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 45B

inserted by 17/2008 s 26

1.7.2008

s 45B(1)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 45C

inserted by 17/2008 s 26

1.7.2008

s 45C(1)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

Pt 4 Div 7





s 46





s 46(1)

amended by 17/2008 s 27(1)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 46(2)

amended by 17/2008 s 27(2)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 46(3)

amended by 39/1988 s 10(a)

17.10.1988



amended by 35/1995 s 20(a)

25.5.1995



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 46(4)

substituted by 35/1995 s 20(b)

25.5.1995



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 46(6a)

inserted by 39/1988 s 10(b)

17.10.1988



amended by 17/2008 s 27(3)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 s 6(1)

1.7.2012

s 46(7) and (8)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 46(8a)

inserted by 39/1988 s 10(c)

17.10.1988

s 46(8b)

inserted by 84/1992 s 14

3.12.1994



deleted by 35/1995 s 20(c)

25.5.1995



inserted by 17/2008 s 27(4)

1.1.2009



amended by 48/2011 s 6(2), Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 46(8c)—(8j)

inserted by 84/1992 s 14

3.12.1994



deleted by 35/1995 s 20(c)

25.5.1995

s 46(9)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 50





s 50(1)

substituted by 4/1991 s 11

8.4.1991



amended by 17/2008 s 28(1), (2)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 50(2)

substituted by 4/1991 s 11

8.4.1991



substituted by 17/2008 s 28(3)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 50(3)

substituted by 105/1995 s 5

14.12.1995

s 50(4)

inserted by 105/1995 s 5

14.12.1995

Pt 4 Div 7A

inserted by 17/2008 s 29

1.1.2009

s 50A





initial notification

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 50B





s 50B(1)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 50C





s 50C(1)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

Pt 4 Div 8





heading

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 51





s 51(1)—(4)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 51(6)

amended by 17/2008 s 30

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 51(7) and (8)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 52





s 52(1)

amended by 35/1995 s 21

1.4.1996



amended by 17/2008 s 31(1)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 52(2)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 52(3)

substituted by 4/1991 s 12

8.4.1991



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 52(5)

amended by 39/1988 s 11(a)

17.10.1988



amended by 17/2008 s 31(2), (3)

1.7.2008

s 52(5a)

inserted by 17/2008 s 31(4)

1.7.2008

s 52(6)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 52(6a)

inserted by 39/1988 s 11(b)

17.10.1988



substituted by 17/2008 s 31(5)

1.7.2008

s 52(6b)

inserted by 17/2008 s 31(5)

1.7.2008

s 53





s 53(2)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 53(4a)

inserted by 39/1988 s 12

17.10.1988



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 53(4b)

inserted by 35/1995 s 22

25.5.1995



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 53(6)

amended by 84/1992 s 15

3.5.1993

s 53(7)

inserted by 52/1993 s 4

24.2.1994

s 53(7a)

inserted by 49/1994 s 11

1.7.1994



amended by 17/2008 s 32

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 53(7b)

inserted by 49/1994 s 11

1.7.1994

s 53(8)

inserted by 52/1993 s 4

24.2.1994

Pt 4 Div 9





Pt 4 Div 9 Subdiv 1





heading

inserted by 23/2006 s 5

1.1.2007

s 54





s 54(1)

(b) deleted by 84/1992 s 16(a)

3.12.1992



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 54(3)

amended by 84/1992 s 16(b)

3.12.1992



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 54(4)

deleted by 84/1992 s 16(c)

3.12.1992

s 54(4a) and (4b)

inserted by 39/1988 s 13(a)

17.10.1988



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 54(5)

amended by 39/1988 s 13(b)

17.10.1988



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 54(6)

amended by 17/2008 s 33(1), (2)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 54(7)

amended by 75/1995 s 8

3.6.1996



amended by 48/2011 s 7(1), (2)

1.7.2012

s 54(7a) and (7b)

inserted by 39/1988 s 13(c)

17.10.1988



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 54(7c)

inserted by 39/1988 s 13(c)

17.10.1988

s 54(8)





contributory negligence

inserted by 48/2011 s 7(3)

1.7.2012

damages

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

prescribed sum

deleted by 84/1992 s 16(d)

3.12.1992

s 55





s 55(1) and (2)

substituted by 23/2006 s 6

1.1.2007



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 55(2a)

inserted by 23/2006 s 6

1.1.2007

s 55(3)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 56

deleted by 49/1994 s 12

1.7.1994

s 57

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 58





s 58(1)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 58(2)

amended by 95/2000 Sch 2 cl 4

14.12.2001

s 58(3)





the prescribed amount

amended by 39/1988 s 14

17.10.1988

Pt 4 Div 9 Subdiv 2

inserted by 23/2006 s 7

1.1.2007

s 58AA





s 58AA(1)—(4)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 58AB





s 58AB(1) and (2)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

ss 58AC and 58AD

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 58AE





a State's legislation about damages for a work related injury

a State's legislation about damages for a work related disability amended to read a State's legislation about damages for a work related injury by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

substantive law

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

Pt 4 Div 9 Subdiv 3





heading

inserted by 23/2006 s 8

1.1.2007

s 58A

inserted by 39/1988 s 15 as amended by 97/1988 s 10

17.10.1988

s 58A(1)

amended by 17/2008 s 34

1.7.2008

s 58A(2)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 58B

inserted by 39/1988 s 15

1.1.1989

s 58B(1)

amended by 17/2008 s 35(1)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 58B(2)

amended by 35/1995 s 23(a)

25.5.1995



(d) deleted by 56/1995 s 7

17.8.1995

s 58B(3)

deleted by 35/1995 s 23(b)

25.5.1995



inserted by 17/2008 s 35(2)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 58B(3a)

inserted by 97/1988 s 10

1.1.1989



deleted by 35/1995 s 23(b)

25.5.1995

s 58B(4)

deleted by 35/1995 s 23(b)

25.5.1995

s 58C

inserted by 35/1995 s 24

25.5.1995

s 58C(1) and (2)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

Pt 5





Pt 5 Div 1





s 59





s 59(3)

inserted by 4/1991 s 13

8.4.1991

s 59(4)—(6)

inserted by 23/2006 s 9

1.1.2007

s 59A

inserted by 30/1998 s 3 but this amendment cancelled by 30/1998 s 8(a)

13.4.2000—cancelled on 13.4.2004

s 60





s 60(1)

amended by 17/2008 s 36(1)

1.7.2008

s 60(2)

amended by 4/1991 s 14(a)

8.4.1991



amended by 17/2008 s 36(2), (3)

1.7.2008

s 60(3)

substituted by 97/1988 s 4(a)

15.12.1988



amended by 17/2008 s 36(4), (5)

1.7.2008

s 60(4)

amended by 39/1988 s 16(a)

17.10.1988



substituted by 97/1988 s 4(a)

15.12.1988



substituted by 4/1991 s 14(b)

8.4.1991



amended by 17/2008 s 36(6)—(9)

1.7.2008

s 60(4a) and (4b)

inserted by 17/2008 s 36(10)

1.7.2008

s 60(5)

amended by 39/1988 s 16(b)

17.10.1988



substituted by 4/1991 s 14(b)

8.4.1991



substituted by 17/2008 s 36(11)

1.7.2008

s 60(5a)

inserted by 97/1988 s 4(b)

15.12.1988



deleted by 4/1991 s 14(b)

8.4.1991

s 60(6)

substituted by 4/1991 s 14(b)

8.4.1991



amended by 75/1995 s 9

3.6.1996



amended by 17/2008 s 36(12)—(14)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 60(7)

amended by 17/2008 s 36(15)

1.7.2008

s 60(7a)

inserted by 17/2008 s 36(16)

1.7.2008

s 60(9)





indemnified maritime employer

inserted by 4/1991 s 14(d)

8.4.1991

related bodies corporate

inserted by 17/2008 s 36(17)

1.7.2008

related corporations

deleted by 17/2008 s 36(17)

1.7.2008

s 61





s 61(1)

amended by 17/2008 s 37(1)

1.7.2008

s 61(2)

amended by 17/2008 s 37(2)

1.7.2008

s 61(4)

inserted by 4/1991 s 15

8.4.1991

s 61(5)

inserted by 52/1993 s 5

20.5.1993

s 62

amended by 105/1995 s 6

14.12.1995



substituted by 30/1998 s 4 but this amendment cancelled by 30/1998 s 8(a)

13.4.2000—cancelled on 13.4.2004

s 62(1)

amended by 17/2008 s 38(1)—(3)

1.7.2008

s 62(2)

amended by 17/2008 s 38(4)

1.7.2008

s 62(3)

inserted by 48/2011 s 8

1.7.2012

s 62A

inserted by 35/1995 s 25

27.6.1996

s 62A(1)

amended by 17/2008 s 39(1), (2)

1.7.2008

s 62A(2a)

inserted by 17/2008 s 39(3)

1.7.2008

Pt 5 Div 2





heading

substituted by 17/2008 s 40

1.7.2008

s 63





s 63(1)

amended by 39/1988 s 17

17.10.1988



amended by 4/1991 s 16(a)

8.4.1991



amended by 52/1993 s 6

20.5.1993



amended by 84/1992 s 17(a)

1.7.1993



amended by 35/1995 s 26

17.8.1995



amended by 17/2008 s 41(1), (2), (4), (5), (7)

1.7.2008



amended by 17/2008 s 41(3), (7)

1.1.2009



amended by 17/2008 s 41(6), (7)

1.4.2009

s 63(2)

amended by 17/2008 s 41(8)

1.7.2008

s 63(3)

amended by 4/1991 s 16(b)

8.4.1991



amended by 84/1992 s 17(b)

1.7.1993



amended by 17/2008 s 41(9)

1.7.2008

s 63(3aa)

inserted by 84/1992 s 17(c)

1.7.1993



amended by 56/1995 s 8

17.8.1995



amended by 17/2008 s 41(10)

1.7.2008

s 63(3a)

inserted by 4/1991 s 16(c)

8.4.1991



amended by 17/2008 s 41(11)

1.7.2008

s 63(4)

amended by 17/2008 s 41(12)

1.7.2008

s 63(5)

amended by 17/2008 s 41(13), (14)

1.7.2008

s 63(5a)

inserted by 17/2008 s 41(15)

1.7.2008

s 63(6)

amended by 17/2008 s 41(16)

1.7.2008

s 63(7)

inserted by 4/1991 s 16(d)

8.4.1991



substituted by 17/2008 s 41(17)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

Pt 5 Div 3





s 64





s 64(2)

amended by 49/1994 s 13(a)

1.7.1994



amended by 48/2011 s 9

1.7.2012

s 64(3)

amended by 52/1993 s 7(a)

1.7.1993



amended by 49/1994 s 13(b)

1.7.1994



amended by 35/1995 s 27

25.5.1995



amended by 75/1995 s 10

3.6.1996



amended by 41/2005 Sch 1 (cl 5)

15.8.2005



amended by 17/2008 s 42(1), (2)

1.7.2008



amended by 40/2012 Sch 6 cl 9

1.1.2013

s 64(3a)

inserted by 52/1993 s 7(b)

1.7.1993



amended by 84/2009 s 377

1.2.2010

Pt 5 Div 4 before substitution by 48/2011





s 65





s 65(2)

deleted by 39/1988 s 18 as substituted by 97/1988 s 11

uncommenced—not incorporated

s 65(3) and (4)

inserted by 97/1988 s 5

15.12.1988

s 65(5) and (6)

inserted by 17/2008 s 43

1.7.2008

s 66





s 66(1)

amended by 17/2008 s 44(1)

1.7.2008

s 66(2)

substituted by 39/1988 s 19(a)

uncommenced—not incorporated

s 66(2a)

inserted by 17/2008 s 44(2)

1.7.2009

s 66(3)—(5a)

inserted by 39/1988 s 19(a)

uncommenced—not incorporated

s 66(7)

substituted by 34/1990 s 5(a)

26.4.1990

s 66(9)

amended by 34/1990 s 5(b)

26.4.1990

s 66(12)

substituted by 39/1988 s 19(b)

17.10.1988

s 66(13)

deleted by 34/1990 s 5(c)

26.4.1990



inserted by 4/1991 s 17

8.4.1991



amended by 17/2008 s 44(3), (4)

1.7.2009

s 66(14)

inserted by 17/2008 s 44(5)

1.7.2009

s 67

amended by 39/1988 s 20

17.10.1988



substituted by 4/1991 s 18

8.4.1991

s 67(1)

amended by 35/1995 s 28(a)

17.8.1995



amended by 30/1998 s 5 but this amendment cancelled by 30/1998 s 8(a)

13.4.2000—cancelled on 13.4.2004



amended by 17/2008 s 45

1.7.2009

s 67(5) and (6)

inserted by 35/1995 s 28(b)

17.8.1995

Pt 5 Div 4

substituted by 48/2011 s 10

1.7.2012

Pt 5 Div 5 before substitution by 48/2011





heading

substituted by 17/2008 s 46

1.7.2008

s 68





s 68(1)

amended by 17/2008 s 47(1)

1.7.2008

s 68(2)

substituted by 39/1988 s 21

17.10.1988



amended by 75/1995 s 11

3.6.1996



amended by 17/2008 s 47(2), (3)

1.7.2008

s 68(3)

deleted by 39/1988 s 21

17.10.1988



inserted by 105/1995 s 7

14.12.1995



substituted by 17/2008 s 47(4)

1.7.2008

s 68(4)

substituted by 4/1991 s 19

8.4.1991



amended by 17/2008 s 47(5), (6)

1.7.2008

Pt 5 Div 5

substituted by 48/2011 s 10

1.7.2012

Pt 5 Div 6 before substitution by 17/2008





s 69





s 69(1)

amended by 39/1988 s 22(a)

uncommenced—not incorporated

s 69(4)

substituted by 39/1988 s 22(b)

17.10.1988

s 69(4a)

inserted by 39/1988 s 22(b)

17.10.1988

s 69A

inserted by 35/1995 s 29

25.5.1995

Pt 5 Div 6

substituted by 17/2008 s 48

1.7.2009



substituted by 48/2011 s 10

1.7.2012

Pt 5 Div 7 before substitution by 48/2011





s 70





s 70(1)—(3)

substituted by 17/2008 s 49

uncommenced—not incorporated

s 70(4)

deleted by 17/2008 s 49

uncommenced—not incorporated

s 71





s 71(1)

amended by 4/1991 s 20

8.4.1991

s 72

amended by 39/1988 s 23

17.10.1988



substituted by 4/1991 s 21

8.4.1991

s 72(1)

amended by 17/2008 s 50(1)

1.7.2009

s 72(4)

amended by 17/2008 s 50(2)

1.7.2009

s 72A

inserted by 23/2006 s 10

1.1.2007

Pt 5 Div 7

substituted by 48/2011 s 10

1.7.2012

Pt 5 Div 8





s 73

amended by 48/2011 s 11(1), (2)

1.7.2012

s 76

amended by 39/1988 s 24

17.10.1988



amended by 75/1995 s 12

3.6.1996



substituted by 48/2011 s 12

1.7.2012

s 76AA

inserted by 17/2008 s 51

1.4.2009

s 76A

inserted by 39/1988 s 25

17.10.1988



deleted by 48/2011 s 13

1.7.2012

Pt 6

amended by 39/1988 ss 2635

17.10.1988



amended by 97/1988 s 6

15.12.1988



amended by 34/1990 s 6

26.4.1990



amended by 4/1991 ss 22—40

8.4.1991



amended by 84/1992 s 18(a)

8.4.1991



amended by 84/1992 s 18(b), (c)

3.12.1992



amended by 52/1993 s 15

20.5.1993



amended by 52/1993 ss 812, 14(a), (d)—(g) & 16(2)—(6)

1.7.1993



amended by 52/1993 s 14(b)

24.2.1994



amended by 52/1993 s 13

20.5.1995



amended by 49/1994 s 14

1.7.1994



substituted by 75/1995 s 13

3.6.1996

Pt 6 Div 2





s 78

amended by 17/2008 s 52

1.1.2009

Pt 6 Div 4





s 80





s 80(5)

substituted by 21/1996 s 3

3.6.1996

s 80(6)

inserted by 21/1996 s 3

3.6.1996

s 80A





s 80A(7)

inserted by 69/2001 s 35

13.1.2002

Pt 6 Div 5





heading

substituted by 17/2008 s 53

1.1.2009

s 81





s 81(1)—(3)

amended by 17/2008 s 54

1.1.2009

s 81A





s 81A(1)

amended by 17/2008 s 55

1.1.2009

s 81A(3)

amended by 17/2008 s 55

1.1.2009



amended by 84/2009 s 378

1.2.2010

s 81A(4)—(6)

amended by 17/2008 s 55

1.1.2009

s 81B

amended by 17/2008 s 56

1.1.2009

Pt 6 Div 6





s 82A

substituted by 21/1996 s 4

3.6.1996

Pt 6 Div 8





s 84D





s 84D(1) and (2)

amended by 17/2008 s 57

1.1.2009

Pt 6 Div 10





heading

substituted by 17/2006 s 258

4.9.2006

s 86A





s 86A(1)

substituted by 17/2006 s 259(1)

4.9.2006

s 86A(2)

deleted by 17/2006 s 259(2)

4.9.2006



inserted by 17/2008 s 58(1)

1.1.2009

s 86A(2a)

inserted by 17/2008 s 58(1)

1.1.2009

s 86A(3)

amended by 17/2006 s 259(3), (4)

4.9.2006



amended by 17/2008 s 58(2), (3)

1.1.2009

Pt 6 Div 12





s 88





s 88(1) and (2)

amended by 17/2008 s 59

1.1.2009

s 88A

amended by 17/2008 s 60

1.1.2009

s 88DA

inserted by 21/1996 s 5

3.6.1996

s 88E





s 88E(1) and (2)

amended by 17/2008 s 61

1.1.2009

s 88H





s 88H(2)

amended by 17/2008 s 62

1.1.2009

Pt 6A

inserted by 75/1995 s 13

3.6.1996

Pt 6A Div 1





s 89





party

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

relevant compensating authority

amended by 17/2008 s 63

1.7.2008

Pt 6A Div 2





s 90





s 90(3)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

Pt 6A Div 4





s 92D

substituted by 17/2008 s 64

1.1.2009

Pt 6A Div 5

deleted by 17/2008 s 65

1.1.2009

Pt 6A Div 6





s 94

deleted by 17/2008 s 66

1.1.2009

s 94C





s 94C(1)

amended by 17/2008 s 67(1)

1.1.2009

s 94C(2)

substituted by 17/2008 s 67(2)

1.1.2009

Pt 6A Div 7





s 95





s 95(1)

amended by 17/2006 s 260

4.9.2006

s 95A

inserted by 17/2008 s 68

1.1.2009

Pt 6B

inserted by 75/1995 s 13

3.6.1996

s 97A

amended by 17/2008 s 69

1.1.2009

s 97B





s 97B(2)

amended by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)

24.11.2003

Pt 6C

inserted by 17/2008 s 70

2.10.2008

Pt 6C Div 2

inserted by 17/2008 s 70

1.4.2009 except s 98E(e), (f), (n), (o), (q)—15.10.2009 & except s 98F(3)—uncommenced

s 98E





medical question

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 98G





s 98G(2), (4) and (5)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

Pt 6C Div 3





s 98I

inserted by 17/2008 s 70

1.4.2009

s 99I





s 99I(2)

amended by 84/2009 s 379

1.2.2010

Pt 6D

inserted by 17/2008 s 70

1.7.2008

s 99D





s 99D(1)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 99N

deleted by 84/2009 s 380

1.2.2010

Pt 7





s 103A

inserted by 39/1988 s 36

17.10.1988

s 103A(1)

amended by 17/2008 s 71

1.7.2008

s 103A(2)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 104

deleted by 4/1991 s 41

8.4.1991

s 105

substituted by 39/1988 s 37

17.10.1988

s 105(1)

s 105 amended and redesignated as s 105(1) by 4/1991 s 42

8.4.1991



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 105(2)

inserted by 4/1991 s 42(b)

8.4.1991



amended by 17/2008 s 72(1)

1.7.2008

s 105(3)

inserted by 4/1991 s 42(b)

8.4.1991



amended by 17/2008 s 72(2)

1.7.2008

s 106





s 106(3)

inserted by 17/2008 s 73

1.1.2009

s 106A

inserted by 39/1988 s 38

17.10.1988

s 107A

inserted by 35/1995 s 30

25.5.1995

s 107B

inserted by 30/1998 s 6

13.4.2000

s 107B(1)

amended by 17/2008 s 74(1)

1.7.2008

s 107B(4)

amended by 30/1998 s 8(b)

13.4.2004



amended by 17/2008 s 74(2)

1.7.2008

s 108





s 108(4)

inserted by 4/1991 s 43

8.4.1991



amended by 75/1995 s 14

3.6.1996

s 108(5)

inserted by 4/1991 s 43

8.4.1991

s 109

amended by 35/1995 s 31

25.5.1995

s 110

substituted by 4/1991 s 44

8.4.1991

s 111





s 111(1)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 111(3)

amended by 17/2008 s 75

1.7.2008

s 112





s 112(1)

substituted by 49/1994 s 15(a)

1.7.1994



amended by 17/2008 s 76(1)

1.7.2008

s 112(1a)

inserted by 17/2008 s 76(2)

1.7.2008

s 112(2)

amended by 39/1988 s 39(a), (b)

17.10.1988



amended by 34/1990 s 7

26.4.1990



substituted by 49/1994 s 15(a)

1.7.1994



amended by 17/2008 s 76(3), (4)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 112(2a)

inserted by 39/1988 s 39(c)

17.10.1988



amended by 49/1994 s 15(b)

1.7.1994

s 112(3)

deleted by 49/1994 s 15(c)

1.7.1994



inserted by 17/2008 s 76(5)

1.7.2008

corresponding workers compensation authority

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 112AA

inserted by 17/2008 s 77

1.7.2008

s 112A

inserted by 84/1992 s 19

3.12.1992



amended by 48/2011 s 14(1), (2), Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 113





s 113(1)

substituted by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 113(2)

amended by 39/1988 s 40(a), (b)

17.10.1988



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 113(2a)—(2c)

inserted by 39/1988 s 40(c)

17.10.1988

s 113(3)

amended by 17/2008 s 78(1), (2)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 113(4)

amended by 17/2008 s 78(3), (4)

1.7.2008



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

s 119





s 119(4)

inserted by 17/2008 s 79

1.7.2008

s 119A

inserted by 39/1988 s 41

17.10.1988



deleted by 4/1991 s 45

8.4.1991

s 120

substituted by 4/1991 s 45

8.4.1991

s 120(1)

substituted by 35/1995 s 32

25.5.1995

s 120(3)

amended by 17/2008 s 80

1.7.2008

s 121

deleted by 49/1994 s 16

1.7.1994

s 120A

inserted by 39/1988 s 42

17.10.1988

s 120A(3)

amended by 48/2011 s 15

1.7.2012

s 122





s 122(3a)

inserted by 4/1991 s 46

8.4.1991

s 122(4)

inserted by 39/1988 s 43

17.10.1988

s 122A

inserted by 4/1991 s 47

8.4.1991



substituted by 34/1996 s 4 (Sch cl 45)

3.2.1997

s 123

deleted by 49/1994 s 17

1.7.1994

s 123A

inserted by 4/1991 s 48

8.4.1991



amended by 75/1995 s 15

3.6.1996

s 123B

inserted by 17/2008 s 81

1.7.2008

s 124





s 124(1)

s 124 redesignated as s 124(1) by 39/1988 s 44

17.10.1988

s 124(2)

inserted by 39/1988 s 44

17.10.1988

s 125

omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002

24.11.2003

Sch 1





cl 2





cl 2(1) and (2)

amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

cl 2(3)

amended by 39/1988 s 45(a)

17.10.1988



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

cl 2(4)—(7)

inserted by 39/1988 s 45(b)

17.10.1988

cl 2(8)

inserted by 39/1988 s 45(b)

17.10.1988



amended by 75/1995 s 16(a) as substituted by 21/1996 s 6(a)

3.6.1996

cl 2(9) and (10)

inserted by 39/1988 s 45(b)

17.10.1988



amended by 75/1995 s 16(b) as substituted by 21/1996 s 6(a)

3.6.1996

cl 2(11)

inserted by 39/1988 s 45(b)

17.10.1988

cl 4

substituted by 97/1988 s 7

15.12.1988

cl 4(3)

amended by 41/2005 Sch 1 (cl 6(1))

15.8.2005



amended by 30/2012 Sch 6 cl 10

1.1.2013

cl 4(4)

amended by 69/1992 s 32

10.12.1992

cl 4(8)

(b) deleted by 41/2005 Sch 1 (cl 6(2))

15.8.2005

cl 5

substituted by 2/1996 s 3

14.3.1996

cll 5A—5C

inserted by 2/1996 s 3

14.3.1996

cl 5D

inserted by 43/2006 s 228

1.6.2007

cl 5E

inserted by 17/2008 s 82

1.7.2008

Sch 2

heading substituted by 44/2003 s 3(1) (Sch 1)

24.11.2003



heading amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

Sch 2A

inserted by 91/2013 s 5

1.7.2013

Sch 3 before substitution by 17/2008

amended by 97/1992 r 3

18.6.1992



substituted by 84/1992 s 20

10.12.1992

table

amended by 212/1992 r 4

10.12.1992



amended by 35/1995 s 33

25.5.1995

cl 2

amended by 49/1994 s 18(a)

1.7.1994

cl 4

amended by 49/1994 s 18(b)

1.7.1994

Sch 3

substituted by 17/2008 s 83

1.4.2009

Sch 3A

inserted by 17/2008 s 83

1.4.2009



amended by 48/2011 Sch 1

1.7.2012

Sch 4 before deletion by 41/2005

inserted by 97/1988 s 8

15.12.1988

cl 1





cl 1(2)

amended by 1/1993 s 64

1.7.1993



amended by 49/1994 s 19(a)

1.7.1994

cl 1(2)

(b) deleted by 49/1994 s 19(a)

1.7.1994

cl 1(2a)

inserted by 49/1994 s 19(b)

1.7.1994

cl 2





cl 2(6)

amended by 84/1992 s 21(a)

3.12.1992

cl 3

inserted by 84/1992 s 21(b)

3.12.1992

Sch 4

deleted by 41/2005 Sch 1 (cl 7)

15.8.2005



inserted by 23/2006 s 11

1.1.2007

Transitional etc provisions associated with Act or amendments

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act Amendment Act 1990

8—Transitional provision

(1) The amendment effected to the principal Act by section 3 of this Act does not affect—

(a) the rights of the respondent in Supreme Court Action No. 998 of 1989; or

(b) the rights of any claimant whose claim is determined before the commencement of this Act; or

(c) the rights of any other claimant who, as at the commencement of this Act, is a party to proceedings before a Review Officer.

(2) Where a claim for compensation made before the commencement of this Act is rejected after the commencement of this Act on account of the enactment of section 3 of this Act, the claimant is entitled to be reimbursed by the Corporation for reasonable costs reasonably incurred by the claimant in making the claim.

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Act 1991

49—Transitional provision

(1) The amendments effected by this Act to those provisions of the principal Act that relate to weekly payments of compensation apply as from the commencement of this Act to persons whose entitlements to weekly payments arose before or after the commencement of this Act.

(2) Where a worker became entitled to weekly payments before the commencement of this Act, the Corporation or an exempt employer may assess or reassess the amount of the weekly payments as from the commencement of this Act on the basis of the provisions of the principal Act as amended by this Act.

(3) Where such a reassessment is made, it cannot give rise to a right to repayment of any amount paid on the basis of a former assessment.

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1992

22—Application of amendments

(1) Subject to this section, the amendments affecting entitlement to, or quantum of, compensation for disabilities apply in relation to—

(a) a disability occurring on or after the commencement of this Act; or

(b) a disability occurring before the commencement of this Act in relation to which—

(i) no claim for compensation had been made under the principal Act as at the commencement of this Act; or

(ii) a claim for compensation had been made under the principal Act but the claim had not been determined by the Corporation or the exempt employer.

(2) The amendments made by section 3, 5, 6, 10 and 11 apply whether the entitlement to compensation arose before or after the commencement of this Act.

(3) The amendments made by section 4 have no retrospective effect.

(4) A liability at common law for non-economic loss or solatium that arose before the commencement of this Act is not extinguished, on the commencement of this Act, by the amendments to section 54 of the principal Act, but, if an action is not commenced in a court to enforce the liability before the date falling 12 months after the cause of action arose or six months after the commencement of this Act (whichever is the later), the liability is then extinguished.

(5) The period prescribed by subsection (4) cannot be extended.

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Declaration of Validity) Act 1993

2—Declaration of validity and textual authenticity

(1) The Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1992



(No. 84 of 1992) is declared to be, and since the date of its assent to have been, an Act of the Parliament.

(2) The text of the Act as certified by the Clerk and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Assembly is the authentic text of the Act.

Statutes Amendment (Chief Inspector) Act 1993

65—Existing appointments

This Act does not affect the appointment of any person as an inspector before the commencement of this Act (other than as a Chief Inspector).

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Review Authorities) Amendment Act 1993

16—Transitional provision

(1) Regulation 162 of 1992 (relating to agencies and instrumentalities of the Crown) will be taken to have come into operation at 4 p.m. on 30 September 1987.

(2) Proceedings before a Review Officer under the principal Act immediately before the commencement of this provision may, subject to such directions as the Chief Review Officer thinks fit, be continued under the principal Act as amended by this Act.

(3) Proceedings before the Tribunal under the principal Act immediately before the commencement of this provision will, subject to such directions as the President of the Tribunal thinks fit, continue before the Tribunal as if this Act had not been enacted.

(4) A person who was, immediately before the commencement of this provision, a Review Officer under the principal Act will, subject to this Act, continue in office as a Review Officer under the principal Act as amended by this Act without interruption of his or her continuity of service and without prejudice to existing or accruing rights in respect of employment.

(5) A person to whom subsection (4) applies will be taken to have been appointed, as from the commencement of this provision, for the balance of any term of office that applied before the commencement of this provision, or for a period of five years, whichever is the lesser.

(6) The Governor may, by instrument in writing, vary any condition of employment that would otherwise apply to a person under subsection (4) (and any such instrument will have effect according to its terms).

(7) Proceedings cannot be instituted before a Review Officer after the commencement of section 3 of this Act in respect of any decision of the Corporation under section 32(4) of the principal Act before that commencement.

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Administration) Amendment Act 1994

20—Application of amendments

(1) The amendments made by this Act to the principal Act apply in relation to disabilities occurring on or after the commencement of this Act.

(2) However—

(a) the amendments made by sections 8, 9 and 10 of this Act apply both prospectively and retrospectively; and

(b) the amendments made by section 18 apply to any claim for compensation for hearing loss made on or after 23 March 1994; and

(c) the amendment made by section 11 applies as from 24 February 1994.

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Amendment Act 1995, s 34 (as amended by Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1995, s 9)

34—Transitional provisions

(1) This Act applies to disabilities arising from traumas occurring before the commencement of this Act (old disabilities) and disabilities arising from traumas occurring after the commencement of this Act (new disabilities) subject to the following qualifications—

(a) the amendments made by this Act do not affect—

(i) the principles on which weekly payments for a period of incapacity falling before the commencement of this Act are assessed; or

(ii) compensation for non-economic loss relating to loss or impairment of the capacity to engage in sexual intercourse if an application or request for such compensation had been made before 12 April 1995; and

(b) section 58B of the principal Act, as enacted by this Act, applies whether the worker has an old or a new disability.

(2) A scale of charges in force under section 32 of the principal Act immediately before the commencement of section 9 of this Act remains in force until superseded by a regulation fixing a scale of charges.

(3) Until a regulation is made for the purposes of section 67(1)(b) of the principal Act (as substituted by this Act), the claims that are to be disregarded under that paragraph are claims for secondary and unrepresentative disabilities.

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 1995

3—Insertion of section 38A

(2) A discontinuance or reduction of weekly payments made under the principal Act before the commencement of this section cannot be challenged on the ground that there was no antecedent review of the worker's entitlement if the discontinuance or reduction could, assuming that section 38A had then been in force, have been validly made under that section.

(3) Subsection (2) does not affect rights of the respondent arising under the judgment of the Supreme Court in Mitsubishi Motors Australia Ltd and WorkCover v Frank Sosa (No. S5084).

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Dispute Resolution) Amendment Act 1995, s 17 (as amended by Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Dispute Resolution) Amendment Act 1996, s 6(b))

17—Transitional provisions

(1) A Deputy President of the Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal appointed under the principal Act and in office immediately before the commencement of this Act continues in office subject to the principal Act as amended by this Act (the new legislation) as a Deputy President of the Workers Compensation Tribunal as if the new legislation had been in force when the appointment was made and the appointment had been made to that office under the new legislation.

(2) The Registrar and other staff of the Workers Compensation Appeal Tribunal in office immediately before the commencement of this Act continue in office subject to the relevant conditions of appointment in corresponding positions on the staff of the Workers Compensation Tribunal.

(3) Staff of the WorkCover Corporation of South Australia who—

(a) were employed immediately before the commencement of this Act in work related to the system of review and appeal then existing under the principal Act; and

(b) are designated by the Governor by notice in the Gazette as staff to whom this section applies,

become as from a date stated in the notice staff of the Workers Compensation Tribunal without loss of salary or status, or prejudice to existing or accruing rights in respect of employment.

(4) The new legislation applies to reviewable decisions made under the principal Act before or after the commencement of this Act, but if proceedings were commenced before the commencement of this Act in relation to a reviewable decision

(a) the proceedings may only be continued and completed under the principal Act as in force before the commencement of this Act; and

(b) new proceedings cannot be commenced under the new legislation in relation to the same decision.

(5) The President may make rules, or give directions, governing practice, procedure or evidence in relation to proceedings that continue under subsection (4).

(7) A person who was a Review Officer immediately before the commencement of this Act continues in office, subject to the person's conditions of appointment, for the remainder of the term of appointment as a member of the Tribunal's staff without prejudice to remuneration or existing or accruing rights to leave.

(8) The President may assign a person who continues in office under subsection (7) to carry out duties as a conciliation and arbitration officer or in some other capacity on the Tribunal's staff (or as a conciliation and arbitration officer and in one or more other capacities), but the person continues as a Review Officer for the purpose of continuing and completing proceedings under subsection (4).

(9) A person who continues as a Review Officer under this section is subject to administrative control and direction by the President.

Statutes Amendment and Repeal (Common Expiation Scheme) Act 1996

5—Transitional provision

An Act repealed or amended by this Act will continue to apply (as in force immediately prior to the repeal or amendment coming into operation) to an expiation notice issued under the repealed or amended Act.

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Self Managed Employer Scheme) Amendment Act 1998

8—Sunset provision

On the expiration of 4 years from the commencement of this Act—

(a) the amendments made by this Act (other than by section 6) are cancelled and the text of the Acts amended by this Act is restored to the form in which that statutory text would have existed if this Act had not been passed; and

(b) section 107B of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986



(as inserted by section 6 of this Act) is amended by striking out from subsection (4) ", a self managed employer or the claims manager for a group of self managed employers".

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Territorial Application of Act) Amendment Act 2006, Sch 1—Transitional provisions

1—Interpretation

In this Schedule—

amendments means amendments made to the principal Act by this Act;

commencement day means the day on which this Schedule comes into operation;

principal Act means the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986



,

and other terms used have meanings consistent with the meanings they have in the principal Act.

2—Application of amendments

The amendments do not apply in respect of a disability that occurred before the commencement day except to the extent prescribed by this Schedule.

3—Cases where disabilities occur before and after commencement of this Act

(1) If the death of a worker results from both a disability that occurred before the commencement day and a disability that occurred on or after that day, the worker is, for the purposes of the application of the amendments to and in respect of the death of the worker, to be treated as having died as a result of the disability that occurred on or after that day.

(2) If a period of incapacity for work resulted both from a disability that occurred before the commencement day and a disability that occurred on or after that day, the incapacity is, for the purposes of the application of the amendments to and in respect of that incapacity for work, to be treated as having resulted from a disability that occurred on or after that day.

(3) Subclauses (1)



and (2)



do not affect any apportionment of liability or responsibility under the principal Act in a case where 1 or more of the disabilities occurred before the commencement day and 1 or more occurred on or after that day (but any such apportionment will only apply to the extent that a disability was compensable under the principal Act before the commencement day).

4—Claims made before the commencement of this Act

(1) If—

(a) a person suffered a disability before the commencement day; and

(b) a claim for compensation in respect of the disability (the original claim) was made under the principal Act but rejected (by notice in writing under the principal Act) on account of the operation of section 6 of the principal Act as in force at the time of the occurrence of the disability; and

(c) the original claim would have given rise to—

(i) an entitlement to compensation in the form of weekly payments under section 35 or 44 of the principal Act; or

(ii) an entitlement in the form of a funeral benefit under section 44(1)(a) of the principal Act; or

(iii) an entitlement to compensation in the form of a lump sum under section 44(1)(b)(i) of the principal Act,

had the amendments been in force at the time of the occurrence of the disability; and

(d) the disability was not (and is not) compensable under a corresponding law,

then the person who made the original claim will, on application to the Corporation made within 6 months after the commencement of this clause, be entitled to any relevant benefit under subclause (2)



.

(2) A benefit under this subclause is any of the following (depending on what is relevant in the circumstances of the particular case):

(a) —

(i) if the original claim was in respect of a disability that resulted in an incapacity for work—a payment of compensation represented by weekly payments for a period not exceeding 12 months of incapacity for work, based on—

(A) the extent and duration of the incapacity for work; and

(B) the worker's notional weekly earnings at the time of the incapacity (adjusted in accordance with any provision made by the regulations); and

(C) any other factor that would otherwise apply under section 35 of the principal Act that is applied by regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph (modified in any manner prescribed by the regulations);

(ii) if the original claim was in respect of a disability that resulted in the death of a worker—a payment of compensation represented by weekly payments for a period not exceeding 12 months for loss of support, based on—

(A) the relationship between the worker and the claimant (as would apply under section 44 of the principal Act); and

(B) the worker's notional weekly earnings at the time of death (adjusted in accordance with any provision made by the regulations); and

(C) any other factor that would otherwise apply under section 44 of the principal Act that is applied by regulations made for the purposes of this subparagraph (modified in any manner prescribed by the regulations);

(b) compensation for any costs of a kind described in section 32(2) of the principal Act incurred by a worker in consequence of having suffered a relevant disability;

(c) compensation in the form of a funeral benefit under section 44(1)(a) of the principal Act (as determined at the time of death of the worker and adjusted in accordance with any provision made by the regulations);

(d) compensation in the form of a lump sum under section 44(1)(b)(i) of the principal Act (as determined at the time of death of the worker and adjusted in accordance with any provision made by the regulations).

(3) The Corporation may, pursuant to an agreement between the person who has an entitlement under this clause and the Corporation, make any payment with respect to that entitlement—

(a) in instalments (with each instalment being an amount fixed under the agreement); or

(b) in a lump sum (representing the total amount of the entitlement adjusted to take into account any factor prescribed by the regulations).

(4) The Corporation may, in connection with an application under this clause, require a person seeking a payment to provide any information that the Corporation thinks fit.

(5) The Corporation may delay making a payment on an application under this clause until any information required under subclause (4)



has been provided.

5—Ex gratia payments

(1) In addition to a preceding clause, the Corporation has an absolute discretion to make an ex gratia payment (of an amount determined by the Corporation) to a person in connection with the enactment of this Act if—

(a) —

(i) the person did not make a claim under the principal Act in respect of a disability suffered before the commencement of this Act and, if he or she has made such a claim, the claim would have been rejected on account of the operation of section 6 of the principal Act as in force at the time of the occurrence of the disability; or

(ii) the person did make a claim under the principal Act in respect of a compensable disability suffered before the commencement of this Act but the claim did not (or does not) give rise to an entitlement under the principal Act on account of the operation of section 6 of the principal Act as in force at the time of the occurrence of the disability; and

(b) the Corporation is satisfied—

(i) that the person would have had an entitlement to compensation under the principal Act had the amendments been in force at the time of the occurrence of the disability; and

(ii) that the disability was not (and is not) compensable under a corresponding law; and

(iii) that the person suffered substantial hardship on account of the disability; and

(iv) taking into account any other matter as the Corporation thinks fit, that it is appropriate in the circumstances of the particular case that an ex gratia payment be made.

(2) A person seeking an ex gratia payment under this clause must make an application to the Corporation, in a manner and form determined by the Corporation, within the period prescribed by the regulations.

(3) The Corporation may, in connection with an application under this clause, require a person seeking a payment to provide any information that the Corporation thinks fit.

(4) The Corporation may delay making a determination on an application under this clause—

(a) until any period that applies under subclause (2)



has expired; or

(b) until any information required under subclause (3)



has been provided.

(5) The making of a payment under this clause will not affect any entitlement that a person may have with respect to another disability under the principal Act (and will not be taken into account for the purposes of any claim under the principal Act).

(6) The Corporation may make a payment under this clause on such conditions as the Corporation thinks fit (and a person who contravenes or fails to comply with a condition may be required to repay any amount that has been paid by the Corporation (and any such amount will be recoverable as a debt)).

(7) A decision of the Corporation to make, or not to make, an ex gratia payment, or the amount of an ex gratia payment, under this clause is final and cannot be subject to review by a court or tribunal in any respect.

6—Related matters

(1) Any payment under clause 4



or 5



will be taken from the Compensation Fund (and the Corporation is authorised by force of this clause to apply the relevant amount from the Compensation Fund).

(2) The Corporation is not entitled to recover the amount of any payment made under clause 4



or 5



from a person who was the employer of the relevant worker at the time of the occurrence of the disability (including in a case where the employer was an exempt employer).

(3) The Governor may make such regulations as are contemplated by this Schedule, or as are necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Schedule.

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Scheme Review) Amendment Act 2008, Sch 1—Transitional provisions

1—Interpretation

(1) In this Schedule—

principal Act means the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986



;

relevant day means a day appointed by proclamation as the relevant day for the purposes of the provision in which the term is used;

self-insured employer includes an exempt employer (being the term previously used under the principal Act).

(2) In this Schedule, terms used have meanings consistent with the meanings they have in the principal Act.

2—Average weekly earnings

(1) Subject to subclause (2), section 4 of the principal Act, as enacted by this Act, applies to claims for compensation made on or after the relevant day (whether the entitlement to compensation arose before or on or after the relevant day).

(2) Subsection (11) of section 4 of the principal Act, as enacted by this Act, operates both prospectively and retrospectively.

3—Provisional acceptance of liability—medical expenses

Section 32A of the principal Act, as enacted by this Act, extends to disabilities occurring before the enactment of that section.

4—Weekly payments

(1) Sections 35 to 35C (inclusive) of the principal Act, as enacted by this Act, (in this clause referred to as the new provisions) apply in relation to workers who suffer compensable disabilities on or after the relevant day.

(2) In addition, the new provisions extend to entitlements to weekly payments of compensation in relation to compensable disabilities occurring before the relevant day—

(a) if a worker has, before the relevant day, reached or gone past the end of the first 2 years of incapacity referred to in section 35(2) of the principal Act, as in existence immediately before the substitution of section 35 under section 15



of this Act (in this clause referred to as the old provision) (and is still in receipt of weekly payments of compensation on the relevant day); or

(b) if a worker, on or after the relevant day, reaches the end of the first 2 years of incapacity referred to in the old provision (and is still in receipt of weekly payments of compensation at the end of that 2 year period).

(3) To avoid doubt, in the circumstances of any particular case, the new provisions replace section 35 of the principal Act, as in existence immediately before the substitution of section 35 under section 15



of this Act, if or when a worker falls within a set of circumstances described in paragraph (a)



or (b)



of subclause (2).

5—Discontinuance of weekly payments

(1) Subject to subclause (2), the amendments made to section 36 of the principal Act by this Act extend to weekly payments commenced before the relevant day, or commenced on or after the relevant day, in relation to compensable disabilities occurring before the relevant day.

(2) Subsections (4), (4a) and (5) of section 36 of the principal Act, as in existence immediately before the substitution of those subsections by section 16



of this Act, will continue to apply in relation to a decision that is the subject of a notice of dispute lodged under section 36(4) before the relevant day.

6—Adjustments due to change from original arrangements

(1) Section 37 of the principal Act, as enacted by this Act, extends to any determination of average weekly earnings (and, if relevant, notional weekly earnings) made before or on or after the relevant day in relation to compensable disabilities occurring before the relevant day.

(2) However, the operation of subclause (1) in relation to a determination of average weekly earnings made before the relevant day cannot apply to the disadvantage of a worker by decreasing average weekly earnings (and, if relevant, notional weekly earnings).

7—Economic adjustments to weekly payments

The amendments made to section 39 of the principal Act by this Act extend to weekly payments commenced before the relevant day, or commenced on or after the relevant day, in relation to compensable disabilities occurring before the relevant day.

8—Redemption of liabilities

(1) Subject to subclause (2), paragraph (e) of section 42(2) of the principal Act, as enacted by this Act, applies in relation to—

(a) any relevant liability arising from a compensable disability that occurs on or after the relevant day; and

(b) any relevant liability arising from a compensable disability that occurred within the period of 3 years immediately preceding the relevant day; and

(c) on or after the expiration of 1 year from the relevant day—any relevant liability arising from a compensable disability that occurred before the 3 year period referred to in paragraph (b).

(2) Subclause (1)(b) or (c) does not apply where, in a particular case, the Corporation or a self-insured employer has provided a notification to the worker under section 42(4) of the principal Act before the relevant day.

(3) In this clause—

relevant liability means a liability that is capable of redemption under section 42(1) of the principal Act.

9—Loss of earning capacity—capital loss assessments

Division 4B of Part 4 of the principal Act, as in existence immediately before the relevant day, will be taken to continue to apply with respect to any case where the Corporation or a self-insured employer has made any assessment (including an interim assessment) under section 42A of the principal Act before the relevant day.

10—Lump sum compensation

Sections 43, 43A and 43B of the principal Act, as enacted by this Act, extend to any case where the Corporation or a self-insured employer (as the case requires) has not, before the relevant day, made a determination of the compensation payable in the particular case under section 43 of the principal Act, as in existence immediately before the substitution of that section under section 24



of this Act (in respect of a compensable disability occurring before the relevant day).

11—Compensation payable on death—weekly payments

The amendments made to section 44 of the principal Act by this Act apply to any claim for compensation made on or after the relevant day (whether the entitlement to compensation arose before or on or after the relevant day).

12—Compensation payable on death—lump sums

Section 45A of the principal Act, as enacted by this Act, applies to claims for a lump sum payment of compensation on account of the death of a worker made on or after the relevant day (whether the entitlement to compensation arose before or on or after the relevant day).

13—Funeral benefit

Section 45B of the principal Act, as enacted by this Act, applies to claims for a funeral benefit made on or after the relevant day (including in respect of a funeral occurring before the relevant day).

14—Counselling services

Section 45C of the principal Act, as enacted by this Act—

(a) applies to claims for compensation made under that section on or after the relevant day (whether the entitlement to compensation arose before or on or after the relevant day); and

(b) extends to claims for compensation for counselling services made to the Corporation or a self-insured employer before the relevant day under section 44 of the principal Act if the Corporation or self-insured employer determines that it is reasonable to allow the claim to be incorporated into the operation of this clause.

15—Provisional payments

(1) Division 7A of Part 4 of the principal Act, as enacted by this Act, extends to cases involving disabilities occurring before the relevant day.

(2) Subclause (1) does not apply in a case where the relevant worker has made a claim for compensation under Division 8 of Part 4 of the principal Act before the relevant day.

16—Medical panels

A medical question may be referred to a Medical Panel under Part 6C of the principal Act, as enacted by this Act, even if the medical question relates to a claim made or proceedings commenced before that enactment.

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Scheme Review) Amendment Act 2008, Sch 2—Review

1—Review

(1) The Minister must, as soon as practicable after 31 December 2010, appoint an independent person to carry out a review concerning—

(a) the impact of this Act on workers who have suffered compensable disabilities and been affected by the operation of this Act; and

(b) the impact of this Act on levies paid by employers under Part 5 of the principal Act; and

(c) the impact of this Act on the sufficiency of the Compensation Fund to meet the liabilities of the WorkCover Corporation of South Australia under the principal Act; and

(d) such other matters as the Minister may determine.

(2) The person appointed by the Minister under subclause (1)



must present to the Minister a report on the outcome of the review no later than 4 months following his or her appointment.

(3) The Minister must, within 6 sitting days after receiving the report, have copies of the report laid before both Houses of Parliament.

(4) In this clause, terms used have meanings consistent with the meanings they have in the principal Act.

(5) In this clause—

principal Act means the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986



.

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Employer Payments) Amendment Act 2011, Sch 2 Pt 4—Transitional provisions

9—Interpretation

In this Part—

principal Act means the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986



.

10—General saving provision

The amendments made to the principal Act by this Act do not apply in relation to the imposition or recovery of levy under the principal Act with respect to the 2011/2012 financial year (or any preceding financial year) (and the principal Act will continue to apply in relation to any such levy as if this Act had not been enacted).

11—Provision of information and ability to apply alternative arrangements

(1) The Corporation may, in connection with the commencement and implementation of this Act (and before 1 July 2012)—

(a) require employers to furnish (in a designated manner and form) information to the Corporation about any matter that the Corporation considers necessary in the circumstances; and

(b) allow employers to apply to be considered as being appropriate employers for the purposes of section 71(6)(d) of the principal Act as enacted by this Act.

(2) The Corporation may require that any information provided under subclause (1)



be verified by statutory declaration.

(3) Information required under subclause (1)



must be provided to the Corporation within a period determined by the Corporation.

Maximum penalty: $5 000.

(4) A requirement under this clause may be imposed by notice to a particular employer or by notice in the Gazette.

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Firefighters) Amendment Act 2013, Sch 1—Review of amendments

1—Review

(1) The Minister must, as soon as possible following the fifth anniversary of the commencement of this clause, appoint an independent person to carry out a review concerning the operation and impact of the amendments made by this Act.

(2) The person appointed by the Minister under subclause (1)



must present to the Minister a report on the outcome of the review no later than 4 months following his or her appointment.

(3) The Minister must, within 6 sitting days after receiving the report, have copies of the report laid before both Houses of Parliament.

(4) In this clause—

Minister means the Minister to whom the administration of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986



is committed.

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