Commencement Proclamation (2018-728) (NSW)

New South Wales

Commencement Proclamation

under the

Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2018 No 62

DAVID HURLEY, Governor

I, General The Honourable David Hurley AC DSC (Ret’d), Governor of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 (1) of the Workers

Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2018, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 1 January

2019 as the day on which the following provisions of that Act commence:

(a)	Schedule 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 [5]–[8],
(b)	Schedule 2,
(c)	Schedule 4 [1] and [2] (to the extent that it inserts section 40D into the Workplace Injury

Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998),

(d) Schedule 7.2 and 7.3.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 12th day of December 2018.

By His Excellency’s Command,

Commencement Proclamation [NSW]

Explanatory note

(d)	prohibiting commutation to a lump sum of a liability to pay medical expenses compensation in respect of catastrophic injury, and
(e)	notification by employers of information relating to procedural matters under those Acts.

VICTOR DOMINELLO, MP

Minister for Finance, Services and Property

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Explanatory note

The object of this Proclamation is to commence certain uncommenced provisions of the Workers

Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2018, which include amendments to the Workers Compensation Act 1987, the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 and a Regulation under

those Acts relating to:

(a)	dispute resolution processes in connection with work capacity decisions, and
(b)	determination by the Workers Compensation Commission of medical disputes concerning permanent impairment, and
(c)	mandatory notification of offences under those Acts, and