Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2015 (NSW)

An Act to amend the Workers Compensation Act 1987 to make further provision with respect to the reform of the NSW workers compensation scheme.

1Name of Act

This Act is the Workers Compensation Amendment Act 2015.

2Commencement(1)

This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation, except as provided by subsection (2).

(2)

The following provisions of this Act commence on the date of assent to this Act:

• (a)

  Schedule 2 [1],

• (b)

  Schedule 3 [1]–[3],

• (c)

  Schedule 6.

Schedule 1

(Repealed)

Schedule 2Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987 No 70—weekly payments of compensation[1]–[16]

(Repealed)

[17]Section 58A

Insert after section 58:

58ARegulations

The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the following:

• (a)

  varying the method by which pre-injury average weekly earnings are to be calculated under this Subdivision in respect of a worker or class of workers,

• (b)

  prescribing a benefit, or class of benefit, as a non-pecuniary benefit for the purposes of this Division,

• (c)

  prescribing a payment, allowance, commission or other amount, or class of amount, as a base rate of pay exclusion for the purposes of this Division.

[18]–[20]

(Repealed)

Schedule 3Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987 No 70—medical and related expenses[1]–[5]

(Repealed)

Schedules 4–6

(Repealed)