Workers Compensation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2006 (NSW)

2006 No 745

New South Wales

Workers Compensation Amendment

(Miscellaneous) Regulation 2006

under the

Workers Compensation Act 1987

Her Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Workers Compensation Act 1987.

JOHN DELLA BOSCA, M.L.C.,

Minister for Commerce

Explanatory note
The object of this Regulation is to amend the Workers Compensation Regulation 2003:

(a)	to remove the requirement to have an accountant, registered tax agent or company auditor provide a report in relation to a wages declaration, and
(b)	to provide that employers must keep certain records in relation to apprentices.

This Regulation is made under the Workers Compensation Act 1987, including sections 174 and 280 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 183 of 15 December 2006, page 10913	Page 1
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Clause 1	Workers Compensation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2006

Workers Compensation Amendment (Miscellaneous)

Regulation 2006

under the

Workers Compensation Act 1987

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Workers Compensation Amendment
(Miscellaneous) Regulation 2006.

2 Amendment of Workers Compensation Regulation 2003

The Workers Compensation Regulation 2003 is amended as set out in
Schedule 1.

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Workers Compensation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2006

Amendments	Schedule 1
Schedule 1	Amendments

(Clause 2)

[1]      Clause 130 Employer to supply insurer with return relating to wages

Insert “by the employer” after “declaration” in clause 130 (2).

[2]      Clause 131 Declaration accompanying return

Omit the clause.

[3]      Clause 133 Offence by employer

Omit “or 131”.

[4]      Clause 196 Additional records to be kept by employers

Insert after clause 196 (b):

(c)

in the case of a worker engaged as an apprentice—records sufficient to establish the existence of the apprenticeship, including:

(i)	any documents required to be kept under the Apprenticeship and Traineeship Act 2001 in relation to the apprentice, and
(ii)	any apprenticeship contracts approved by the Department of Education and Training in relation to the apprentice.

[5]      Clauses 211A and 211B

Insert after clause 211:

211A Declarations by employers under clause 131

Clause 131 (as in force immediately before its repeal by the Workers Compensation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2006) continues to apply, despite that repeal, in relation to a notice supplied under clause 130 before the commencement of that Regulation.

211B Amendment relating to records kept about apprentices

The amendment to clause 196 made by the Workers Compensation Amendment (Miscellaneous) Regulation 2006 applies only in relation to a policy of insurance that was issued or renewed so as to take effect on or after 4pm on 31 December 2006.

BY AUTHORITY