Workers Compensation Act 1987 and the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 Workers Compensation (General) Amendment (Penalty Notices) Regulation 2000 (2000-617) [GG No 139 of 20.10.2000, p 11191] (NSW)

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Workers Compensation (General) New South Wales

Amendment (Penalty Notices)

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.,

Minister for Industrial Relations

Explanatory note
The objects of this Regulation are:

(a)	to enable on-the-spot fines to be imposed for an offence against section 155 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 relating to requirements on employers to obtain certain insurance for workers, and
(b)	to enable on-the-spot fines to be imposed for offences against section 94 of the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 involving failure to commence weekly payments of compensation and referring a matter that is not a genuine dispute for the purpose of delaying such payments of compensation, and
(c)	to update certain references to provisions of the 1987 Act.

This Regulation is made under the Workers Compensation Act 1987 and the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998, including sections 246 and 248 (the general regulation-making power) of the 1998 Act.

Published in Gazette No 139 of 20 October 2000, page 11191	Page 1
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Clause 1	Workers Compensation (General) Amendment (Penalty Notices) Regulation 2000

Workers Compensation (General) Amendment
(Penalty Notices) Regulation 2000

1     Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Workers Compensation (General) Amendment

(Penalty Notices) Regulation 2000.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 November 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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Workers Compensation (General) Amendment (Penalty Notices)

Regulation 2000

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 3)

[1]     Clause 73A Penalty notice offences

Omit “section 278A of the Act”.
Insert instead “section 246 of the 1998 Act”.

[2]     Clause 73A (a)

Omit “the Act specified in Column 1 of Schedule 5”. or the 1998 Act specified in Column 1 of Part 2 of Schedule 5”.

[3]     Clause 73A (c) (i)

Omit “section 274 of the Act”. Insert instead “section 246 of the 1998 Act”.

[4]     Schedule 5 Penalty notice offences

Insert after the heading to Schedule 5:

Part 1 Provisions of 1987 Act

[5]     Schedule 5

Insert in appropriate order of provisions:

Section 155 (1) employer fail to insure workers $750

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Workers Compensation (General) Amendment (Penalty Notices)

Regulation 2000

Schedule 1 Amendments

[6]     Schedule 5

Insert at the end of Schedule 5:

Part 2 Provisions of 1998 Act

Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Provision	Short description	Penalty $
Section 94 (1)	Fail to commence weekly payments	$500
Section 94 (2)	Referring non-genuine dispute	$500

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