Workers' Compensation Acts Amendment Act of 1936 (1 Edw Viii No. 21) (Qld)

16006 LABOUR. TVorkm's' Compensation, Etc., Act. 1 Enw. VIII. No. 21, Amendment of the Principal Act. Amendment 2. (1.) The proviso to subsection lA of section of s. 82 (lA). eighty-two of the Principal Act, being the proviso commencing with the words " Provided nothing herein- before contained" and ending with the words "and whether fixed by any such award or not," is here by repealed. (2.) The amendment of the Principal Act made by subsection one of this section shall be deemed to have been made therein on the first day of .T ulv. one thousand nine hundred and thirty-six, and 'shall ha~ - ~ retrospective effect and operation accordingly. 1 Eu\\. YIll. An Act 'to Amend "The Workers' Compensation ~ ~ ~ ~ 1. Acts, 1916 to 1935," in certain particulars. \YORKLRS' Co:\iPC:;SUION [ASSENTED TO 26TH NOVEMBER, 1936.] B ACTS t( ~ ~ E~ ~ ~ t~ ~ t. O' E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :- Short title 1. This Act may be cited as "The Workers' ~ ~ ~ struction. Oompensation Acts Amendment Act of 1936," and shall be read. as one with *"The Workers' Oompensation Acts, 1916 to 1935," herein referred to as the Principal Act. Collective The Principal Act and this Act may collectively title. be cited as "The Workers' Oompensation Acts, 1916 to 1936." Amendments of the Principal Act. Amendment 2. Subsection one of section fourteen of the of s. 14 (1). Principal Act is amended: as follows : - (a) In paragraph (i.) of provision (A), the words "six hundred" are repealed and the words "seven hundred and fifty" are inserted in lieu thereof. (b) In paragraph (ii.) of provision (A), after the word "dependants," where it last occurs in the said paragraph, the following words are added, namely:- " but not less than one hundred and fifty pounds." * () Geo. V. No. 3ii and amending Acts, supra, pages 9851 et seg. See Alphabetical Table.

LABOCR. 1936. Workers' Compensation, Etc., Act. (c) The following new paragraph (iv.) is added to provision (A) as follows :- "(iv.) If the worker, being a person under the age of twenty-one years, leaves no dependants, but is survived by either or both parents resident within the State, such parent or parents shall be deemed to be dependants of such worker, and the amount ot compensation payable under the provisions of this paragraph shall be the sum of one hundred pounds." (d) The following amendments are made in the Table to provision (0), as follows ;- (i.) The words" or of the greater part of the arm," where they twice occur, are repealed. (ii.) After the vyords and figures- " Loss of the forefinger of the right hand 150 0 0" the following words and figures ~ ~ e inserted, namely : - " Loss of two joints of the forefinger of the right hand .. 93 15 0" (iii.) After the words and figures- " Loss of the forefinger of the left hand .. 112 10 0" the following words and figures are inserted, namely :- " Loss of two joints of the forefinger of the left hand 75 0 0" (iv.) After the words and figures- " Loss of the little finger of the hand 90 0 0" the following words and figures are inserted, namely :- " Loss of two joints of the little finger of the hand 63 15 0" (v.) After the words and figures- "Loss of the middle or ring finger of the hand 60 0 0" the following words and figures are inserted, namely ;- " Loss of two joints of the middle or ring finger of the hand 48 15 0" 1()007

16008 LABOUH. Workers' Compen8ution, Etc., Act. 1 Enw. VIII. No. 21, 1930. (vi.) The words and figures, namely:- " Loss of any other toe or of a joint of a finger 37 10 0" are repealed and the following words and figures are inserted in lieu thereof, namely :- "Loss of any other toe or of the distal joint of a finger 37 10 0" Amendment 3. Section 14A of the Principal Act is amended, ()f S. 14A. as follows : - In the Table of Industrial Diseases, under the heading of "Description of Diseases," the following words are repealed, namely :- " 'Yeil's disease, an infectious disease due to the presence of the micro-organism Leptospira Icterohoomorrhagioo,' , and the following words are inserted in lieu thereof, namely:- ",reil's disease, an infectious disease in which the presence or the activity of the micro- organism Spirochoote (leptospira) Ictero- hoomorrhagioo has been demonstrated." Amendment 4. Section 14B of the Principal Act is amended as ()f S. 14B. follows : - Subsections six and seven are repealed and the following new subsections six and seven are respectively inserted in lieu thereof, namely :- " (6.) Payments of compensation under this section shall be made out of the Fund: Provided that a portion of the expenditure incurred in any year under this section may be paid out of and borne by the ordinary Workers' Compensation Account of the Fund, but such portion shall not exceed ten thousands pounds unless the Governor in Council directs that a larger portion shall be so paid and borne in respect of any particular year. (7.) The Insurance Commissioner may from time to time charge such additional premiums on State accident insurance policies issued under this Act to employers in the employments mentioned in the second column of the table in subsection one hereof as he may find necessary towards providing the compensation payable under this section and the cost of administration of the provisions thereof."