Workers Compensation Amendment (Unpaid Premiums) Regulation 2004 (NSW)

2004 No 382

New South Wales

Workers Compensation Amendment (Unpaid Premiums) Regulation 2004

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

Section 175B of the Workers Compensation Act 1987 makes a principal contractor liable, in certain cases, for a subcontractor’s unpaid workers compensation premiums in relation to employees of that subcontractor that are engaged in carrying out work in connection with a business undertaking of the principal contractor. Clause 53 of the Workers Compensation Regulation 2003 exempts certain contracts entered into by farmers from the operation of section 175B.

The object of this Regulation is to limit the exemption provided by clause 53 to work carried out before 1 July 2004 under such a contract.

This Regulation is made under the Workers Compensation Act 1987, including sections

175B (14) and 280 (the general regulation-making power).

Published in Gazette No 104 of 25 June 2004, page 4657	Page 1
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Clause 1	Workers Compensation Amendment (Unpaid Premiums) Regulation 2004

Workers Compensation Amendment (Unpaid

Premiums) Regulation 2004

under the

Workers Compensation Act 1987

1      Name of Regulation

This Regulation is the Workers Compensation Amendment (Unpaid
Premiums) Regulation 2004.

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 (Unpaid Premiums) Regulation 2004

Amendment	Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Amendment

(Clause 2)

Clause 53 Liability for subcontractor premiums—exemption for farming operations

Omit “A contract” from clause 53 (1).

Insert instead “Any work carried out before 1 July 2004 under a contract”.

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