The objects of this Act are to establish a rehabilitation and compensation scheme for workplace injuries that –

(a) provides for the prompt and effective management of workplace injuries in a manner that promotes and assists the return to work of injured workers as soon as possible; and

(b) provides fair and appropriate compensation to workers and their dependants for workplace injuries; and

(c) assists in securing the health, safety and welfare of workers and in reducing the incidence of workplace injuries; and

(d) provides an effective and economical mechanism for resolving disputes relating to the treatment and management of, and compensation in relation to, workplace injuries; and

(e) is efficiently and effectively administered; and

(f) is fair, affordable, efficient and effective.