Workers Compensation Act 1987 and the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 - Workers Compensation (Workplace Injury Management) Amendment (Offences) Regulation 2000 (2000-618) [GG No 139 of 20.10.2000, p 11195] (NSW)

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Workers Compensation (Workplace New South Wales

Injury Management) Amendment

(Offences) 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 make it an offence for an employer to fail to comply with requirements in the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 relating to the notification of significant workplace injuries, and
(b)	to enable on-the-spot fines to be imposed for such an offence.

This Regulation is made under the Workers Compensation Act 1987 and the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998, including sections 59, 246 and 248 (the general regulation-making power) of the 1998 Act.

Published in Gazette No 139 of 20 October 2000, page 11195 Page 1
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Clause 1 Workers Compensation (Workplace Injury Management) Amendment
(Offences) Regulation 2000

Workers Compensation (Workplace Injury
Management) Amendment (Offences)
Regulation 2000

1     Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Workers Compensation (Workplace Injury

Management) Amendment (Offences) Regulation 2000.

2 Commencement

This Regulation commences on 1 November 2000.

3 Amendment of Workers Compensation (Workplace Injury

Management) Regulation 1995

The Workers Compensation (Workplace Injury Management)

Regulation 1995 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

4 Notes

The explanatory note does not form part of this Regulation.

2000 No 618

Workers Compensation (Workplace Injury Management) Amendment

(Offences) Regulation 2000

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 3)

[1]     Part 1B

Insert after Part 1A:

Part 1B Offences against Chapter 3 of the 1998 Act

3F Employer must give early notification of significant workplace
injury

A person who fails to comply with section 44 (2) of the 1998
Act is guilty of an offence.
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

[2]     Schedule 1 Penalty notice offences

Insert in appropriate order of clauses:

Clause 3F Fail to notify of $250 (category 2 employer)

workplace injury

$500 (category 1 employer)

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