Workers Compensation Act 1987 Order amending Insurance Premiums Order (1991–92) (1992-67) [GG No 20 of 14.2.1992] (NSW)

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WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987—ORDER

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 20 of 14 February 1992]

(L.S.) P. R. SINCLAIR, Governor.

I, Rear Admiral PETER ROSS SINCLAIR, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and on the recommendation of the WorkCover Authority and in pursuance of section 168 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, do, by this my Order, amend the Insurance Premiums Order (1991–92) in the manner set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Signed at Sydney, this 12th day of February, 1992.

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOHN FAHEY

Minister for Industrial Relations,

Minister for Further Education,

Training and Employment.

SCHEDULE—AMENDMENTS

The Insurance Premiums Order (1991–92) published in Gazette No. 95 of 21 June 1991 is amended:

(a) by omitting from the third line on page 4783 of the Gazette the matter “Schedules 1–8” and by inserting instead the matter “Schedules 1–9”;

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(b) by inserting after Schedule 8 the following Schedule:

SCHEDULE 9—REDUCTION OF PREMIUM FOR

EMPLOYERS OF PREVIOUSLY INJURED OR

UNEMPLOYED WORKERS

Premium to be reduced

1. Any premium calculated in accordance with the other provisions of this Order is to be reduced in accordance with this Schedule.

Exclusion of certain wages from calculation of premium

2. Any such premium is to be reduced by excluding wages to

which this Schedule applies from the calculation of the amount of

the premium.

Wages to which this Schedule applies

3. (1) This Schedule applies to wages paid by an employer in respect of the first 12 months of employment of any worker who is first employed by the employer (otherwise than on a casual or temporary basis) after 1 February 1992 and before 1 July 1992, but only if

(a)	the worker is partially incapacitated for work as a result of an injury (whether received before or after the commencement of this Schedule) and is no longer employed by a previous employer who employed the worker at the time of the injury; or
(b)	the worker has been continuously unemployed for 3 months immediately before being employed by the employer.

(2) However, this Schedule does not apply to any such wages

unless:

(a)	application for a premium reduction in respect of those wages is made by the relevant employer in accordance with any guidelines under this Schedule; and
(b)	any other relevant requirements of the WorkCover Authority are satisfied.

Application for reduction of premium

4. The Workcover Authority may issue guidelines specifying

the method of applying for a premium reduction under this

Schedule, including:

(a) the manner and form of an application; and

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(b) any documents relating to the application that the employer must attach to it.

Definition

5. In this Schedule, “employer” does not include a self-insurer.