Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2001 (ACT)

Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2001

2001 No 81

Contents

Page

1. Name of Act  2

2. Commencement  2

3. Acts amended  2

4. Part 1, heading  2

5. Section 1  3

6. Part 2, heading  19

7. New part 4.1  19

8. Section 7  23

9. Compensation limited to Territory workers
   Section 7A (3)  25

10. Section 8  25

11. New parts 4.3 to 4.8  26

12. Compensation for death or incapacity through disease
    Section 9 (1) (b)  52

13. Compensation for disease
    Section 9B (1) and (2)  52

14. Section 9B (3) and (4)  52

15. Sections 10 to 10F  52

16. New chapter 5  52

17. Sections 11 to 13  69

18. Section 15  79

19. Part 2A  80

20. Sections 16 to 17D  82

21. Cover notes
    Section 17E (1) and (2)  87

22. Section 18  87

23. Section 18F  91

24. Section 18G  92

25. New section 21AA  93

26. Sections 23D and 23E  93

27. New section 23J  95

28. New chapter 13  95

29. Sections 26S to 27B  96

30. Regulation-making power
    Section 30 (2) and (3)  100

31. Part 8  102

32. New chapter 15  102

33. Schedules 1 to 4  104

34. Workers Compensation Act—renumbering 112

35. Limitation Act 1985, new section 16A 113

36. Magistrates Court (Civil Jurisdiction) Act 1982, section 497 113

Schedule 1        Consequential amendments  114

Schedule 2        Minor amendments  126

Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2001

2001 No 81

An Act to amend the Workers’ Compensation Act 1951, to amend other Acts and for other purposes

Notified under the Legislation Act 2001 on 28 September 2001

(see Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:

1. Name of Act

   This Act is the Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2001.

2. Commencement

3. This Act (other than new section 8OA, as inserted by section 11, and schedule 2) commences on 1 July 2002.

   NoteThe naming and commencement provisions automatically commence on the notification day (see Legislation Act 2001, s 75).

4. The following provisions commence on the day this Act is notified in the Gazette:

   (a)new section 8OA (Back, neck and pelvis impairments—Legislative Assembly endorsement for inclusion in sch 1), as inserted by section 11;

   (b)schedule 2 (Minor amendments).

5. Acts amended

6. This Act (other than sections 35 and 36) amends the Workers’ Compensation Act 1951.

   NoteThe Workers’ Compensation Act 1951 is amended in the body of this Act and in sch 1 and sch 2.

7. Section 35 amends the Limitation Act 1985.

8. Section 36 amends the Magistrates Court (Civil Jurisdiction) Act 1982.

9. Part 1, heading

   substitute

Chapter 1Preliminary

1. Section 1

   substitute

2. Name of Act

   This Act is the Workers Compensation Act 1951.

Chapter 2Interpretation generally

1ADictionary

The dictionary at the end of this Act is part of this Act.

Note 1The dictionary at the end of this Act defines certain words and expressions used in this Act, and includes references (signpost definitions) to other words and expressions defined elsewhere in this Act or in other legislation.

For example, the signpost definition ‘injury—see section 2A (Meaning of injury).’ means that injury is defined in that section.

Note 2A definition in the…