WorkCover Legislation Amendment Act 1995 Proclamation re commencement (1996-339) [GG No 89 of 26.7.1996] (NSW)

1996—No. 339

WORKCOVER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1995

NO. 89—PROCLAMATION

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 89 of 26 July 1996]

(L.S.) G. SAMUELS, Governor.

I, the Honourable Gordon Samuels A.C., Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the WorkCover Legislation Amendment Act 1995, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 1 November 1996 as the day on which Schedule 1 [78] to that Act commences.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 24th day of July 1996.

By His Excellency's Command,

JEFFREY SHAW, Q.C., M.L.C.,

Minister for Industrial Relations.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The object of this Proclamation is to commence a provision of the Workcover Legislation Amendment Act 1995 that alters the penalty (by including the option of up to 6 months imprisonment) for the offence under the Workers Compensation Act 1987 of failing to have workers compensation insurance.