Workers' Compensation (Amendment) Act 1995 (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Workers’ Compensation (Amendment)
Act 1995

No. 52 of 1995

An Act to amend the Workers’ Compensation Act 1951

[Notified in ACT Gazette S313: 20 December 1995]

The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

Short title

1.  This Act may be cited as the Workers’ Compensation (Amendment) Act  1995.

Commencement

2. This Act commences on the day on which it is notified in the Gazette.

Principal Act

3.  In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Workers’ Compensation Act 1951.1

Application

4.  The amendments to the Principal Act effected by this Act apply only in relation to professional sporting activity undertaken on or after the date of commencement of this Act.

Interpretation

5.  Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a)by inserting in subsection (1) the following definition:

“ ‘professional sporting activity’ means—

(a)participation for fee or reward as a contestant in a sporting or athletic activity;

(b)training or preparation for such participation; or

(c)travelling to or from a place for the purpose of such participation, training or preparation;

but does not include an activity referred to in subsection (4B), (4C) or (4D);”; and

(b)by omitting subsection (4A).

Insertion

6.  After section 10F of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Compensation for sporting injuries

“10G.  A person is not entitled to receive compensation for an injury sustained as a result of his or her engagement in professional sporting activity.”.

Insertion

7.  After section 20 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Premiums—remuneration for professional sporting activity

“20AA.  An employer is not liable to pay any portion of a premium for a prescribed insurance policy calculated by reference to the remuneration payable to an employee for engaging in professional sporting activity.”

NOTE

Principal Act

1. Reprinted as at 1 January 1995.

[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 23 November 1995]

©  Australian Capital Territory 1995