Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2003 (ACT)

Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2003

A2003-32

Contents

Page

1. Name of Act  2

2. Commencement  2

3. Act amended  2

4. Application of ch 15 to insurers

   
   

   Section 224 (1) (b)  2

5. Entitlement of insurers to reimbursement from temporary fund

   
   

   Section 228 (2) (a)  2

6. Section 232  2

7. New sections 245A and 245B  3

8. Dictionary, new definition of recognised auditor  3

9. Further amendments, mentions of registered auditor  4

Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2003

A2003-32

An Act to amend the  Workers Compensation Act 1951

Notified under the Legislation Act 2001 on 30 June 2003

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

1. Name of Act

   This Act is the Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2003.

2. Commencement

   This Act commences on the day after its notification day.

3. Act amended

   This Act amends the Workers Compensation Act 1951.

4. Application of ch 15 to insurers
   Section 224 (1) (b)

   substitute

   (b)an act of terrorism happens before 1 April 2006; and

5. Entitlement of insurers to reimbursement from temporary fund
   Section 228 (2) (a)

   substitute

   (a)before 1 April 2006; and

6. Section 232

   substitute

7. Expiry of ch 15

   This chapter expires on 1 October 2006.

8. New sections 245A and 245B

   insert

245AApplication of Criminal Code—Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2003

To remove any doubt, the Criminal Code does not apply to offences against this Act only because of the amendments of this Act made by the Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2003.

245BAuditors’ certificates—Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2003

1. This section applies if it commences after 1 July 2003.

2. A certificate issued by a recognised auditor on or after 1 July 2003, and before the commencement of this section, is taken to have been a certificate issued by a registered auditor.

   NoteThis section commences on the day after the Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2003 is notified (see that Act, s 2).

3. Dictionary, new definition of recognised auditor

   insert

   recognised auditor, in relation to a certificate provided for an employer for this Act, means any of the following who are not the employer or an employee or executive officer of the employer:

   (a)an auditor registered under the Corporations Act;

   (b)a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia;

   (c)a member of the Australian Society of Certified Practising Accountants;

   (d)a member of the National Institute of Accountants.

4. Further amendments, mentions of registered auditor

   omit

   registered auditor

   substitute

   recognised auditor

   in

   ·section 156 (a)

   ·section 157 (a)

   ·section 159

   ·section 160

   ·section 190 (1) (a)

   ·section 190 (3)

Endnotes

Republications of amended laws

For the latest republication of amended laws, see align="center">[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 19 June 2003]

I certify that the above is a true copy of the Workers Compensation Amendment Bill 2003 which was passed by the Legislative Assembly on   26 June 2003.

Acting Clerk of the Legislative Assembly

© Australian Capital Territory 2003