Workers Compensation Act 1987 and the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 - Workers Compensation (General) Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2000 (2000-267) [GG No 75 of 23.6.2000, p 5317] (NSW)

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Workers Compensation (General) New South Wales

Amendment (Miscellaneous)

Regulation 2000

under the

Workers Compensation Act 1987 and the Workplace Injury
Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Workers Compensation Act 1987 and the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998.

JOHN DELLA BOSCA, M.L.C.,

Special Minister of State

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Workers Compensation (General)

Regulation 1995 to make provision for the following:

(a)	an increase in certain prescribed amounts, relating to maximum reasonable funeral expenses and compensation for travel associated with treatment or service, as a consequence of the introduction of the GST,
(b)	an amendment of the definition of “deemed premium income” for the purposes of self-insurers’ contributions to the WorkCover Authority Fund (referred to in section 258 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 as continued by clause 73M of the Principal Regulation) to take account of amounts attributable to the GST,
(c)	an extension of the period of the deemed continuation of Part 9 of the 1987 Act to the end of the 2000–2001 financial year,
(d)	the updating of a cross-reference.
Published in Gazette No 75 of 23 June 2000, page 5317	Page 1
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Explanatory note

This Regulation is made under the Workers Compensation Act 1987, including section 280 (the general regulation-making power), and the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998, including section 248 (the general regulation-making power).

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Workers Compensation (General) Amendment (Miscellaneous)	Clause 1
Regulation 2000

Workers Compensation (General) Amendment
(Miscellaneous) Regulation 2000

1     Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Workers Compensation (General) Amendment

(Miscellaneous) Regulation 2000.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 30 June 2000.

3 Amendment of Workers Compensation (General) Regulation 1995

The Workers Compensation (General) Regulation 1995 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

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Schedule 1	Amendments
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 3)

[1]     Clause 7 Section 27 (b): maximum amount for funeral expenses

Omit clause 7 (1) (b). Insert instead:

(b)	in the case of a funeral held on or after 1 February 1992 but before 1 July 2000—$4,000, or
(c)	in any other case—$4,400.

[2]    Clause 20 Section 64 (b): prescribed rate applicable for travel associated with treatment or service

Omit “is 38 cents per kilometre.” from clause 20 (1). Insert instead:

is:

(a)	in the case of travel before 1 July 2000—38 cents per kilometre, or
(b)	in any other case—42 cents per kilometre.

[3]     Clause 61 Definition of “deemed premium income” for purposes of self- insurers’ contributions

Omit clause 61 (2). Insert instead:

(2) The amount defined as deemed premium income in section 258 of the Act in relation to the contribution payable by a self-insurer for any period during a financial year does not include:

(a)	any amount attributable to the application of any factor other than the basic tariff premium that would have been payable as referred to in that definition in respect of that period, and
(b)	any amount attributable to any GST that would have been payable in relation to the premiums on policies of insurance that the self-insurer would otherwise have been required to obtain under the Act had the self- insurer not been a self-insurer.

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Amendments Schedule 1

[4]     Clause 61 (3)

Omit “clause 61”. Insert instead “clause 62”.

[5]     Clause 73M Contributions to WorkCover Authority Fund

Omit “1 July 1999”. Insert instead “1 July 2000”.

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