Workers Compensation Act 1987 Regulation relating to the rates for treatment of injured workers at private hospitals (1993-293) [GG No 76 of 2.7.1993] (NSW)

1993—No. 293

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987—REGULATION

(Relating to the rates for treatment of injured workers at private hospitals)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 76 of 2 July 1993]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

KERRY CHIKAROVSKI

Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment

and Minister for the Status of Women.

The	Workers Compensation (General) Regulation 1987 is amended:
(a)	by omitting the Table to clause 10B (a) and by inserting instead the following Table:

TABLE

Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Amount per Day

Patient	Period of	Hospital	Hospital	Hospital	Hospital
classification	hospitalisation	category	category	category	category

A	B	C	D
$	$	$	$

Advanced	1 to 14 days	440	415	—	315
surgical	Over 14 days	300	300	—	240
patient
Surgical	1 to 14 days	415	395	—	275
patient	Over 14 days	300	300	—	235
Psychiatric	1 to 42 days	395	365	310	275
patient	43 to 65 days	305	275	255	235
Over 65 days	280	240	235	220

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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3

Amount per Day

Patient Period of Hospital Hospital Hospital Hospital

classification	hospitalisation	category	category	category	category
Rehabilitation	1 to 49 days	430	365	310	265
patient	Over 49 days	315	270	250	220
Other	1 to 14 days	370	355	310	225
patient	Over 14 days	300	260	250	190
(medical)
Day	Up to I day	218	218	218	120
patient

(b) by omitting Column 3 of the Table to clause 10B (a1) and by inserting instead the following Column:

Column 3

Amount per day

$

1560 1080

(c) by omitting the Table to clause 10B (b) and by inserting instead the following Table:

TABLE

Column 1 Column 2

$

Band 1A	104
Band 1	187
Band 2	327
Band 3	395
Band 4	515
Band 5	725
Band 6	825
Band 7	1100
Band 8	1535
Band 9A	1590
Band 9	2030
Band 10	2400
Band 11	2840
Band 12	3075
Band 13	3725
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(d) by omitting Column 2 of the Table to clause 10B (b1) and by inserting instead the following Column:

Column 2

$

110 220 265 340

370

480 520

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 62 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 provides that the amount for which an employer is liable in respect of hospital treatment for an injured worker is the cost to the hospital of the treatment, calculated in the manner prescribed in the Workers Compensation (General) Regulation 1987.

The object of this Regulation is to amend the Workers Compensation (General) Regulation 1987 to increase the amounts payable by employers for treatment of workers at private hospitals.

This Regulation is made under the Workers Compensation Act 1987, including

section 280 (the general regulation-making power) and section 62.