W ORKERS’ CO^rPENSATION ACT.
Act No. 15, 1926.
An A ct to am end the law relating to W orkm en’s George v.
| C om pensation; | to | con stitu te | a | W orkers’ | No. 15. |
Com pensation Com m ission, and to define its jurisd iction , powers, and duties ; to provide for the com pulsory insurance hy em ployers against their liab ilities in respect o f injuries to workers, and also for th e regulation and licensing o f insurers and the deposit by them w ith the Colonial Treasurer o f certain sums ; to establish a fund to m eet the costs o f the adm inistration o f th e Commission, and to pro vide for the contribution thereto by insurers ; to am end th e W orkm en’s Com pensation A ct, 1916, and th e W orkm en’s Com pensation (A m endm ent) A ct, 1920, and to lim it the future operation o f those A cts ; to am end the W orkm en’s Com pensation (Silicosis) A ct, 1920, and certain other A cts ; and for pur poses connected th erew ith . [A ssented to„ 18th March, 1926.1
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96 Workers’ Compensation.
George V, T ) E it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, No. 15. ])y -with the advice and consent of the Legis
lative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South M'ales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as vbllows :—
PART I.
| Short title. | 1 . (1) This Act may be cited as the “ Workers’ |
Compensation Act, 1926.”
(2) This Act shall commence on a day not earlier than the first day of July, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-six, to be appointed by the Governor and notified by proclamation published in the Gazette not less than one month before the date of commence ment.
Amendment 2 . TliG Wovkiucn’s Compensation Act, 1916, as
Nô 7i 1916 *i™Pi'̂ ded by the Workmen’s Compensation (Amend-
| Scii. I.’ | ’ meut) Act, 1920, is further amended as follows ;— |
| Geô v ĉ 42 | inserting at the end of paragraph (1) (a) (i) of |
| s. 24 (2). | ’ | Schedule One the following furtlier proviso :— “ Provided further that no deduction shall be made in respect of the amount of any weekly payments made under this Act so as to reduce the sura jiayable in respect of such dependants below two hundred pounds but under no circumstances shall the total of the employer’s liability under this paragraph exceed seven hundred and fifty |
| pounds.” |
Future opera- 3 . (1) The Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1916, as WorkLen’s ^iiiiended by the AVorkmen’s Compensation (Amend-
Compensa- menr) Act, 1920, and this Act, in this Act referred to
AVorkmen’s Compensation Act, shall cease to
| pending pro- | ha VC offcct SO far as regards any accident which happens |
| ceedmgs. | after the commencement of this Act. |
| (2) Proceedings for the recovery of com… |