Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases) Amendment Act 1989 (NSW)

WORKERS' COMPENSATION (DUST DISEASES)

AMENDMENT ACT 1989 No. 64

NEW SOUTH WALES

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title
2. Commencement

3. Amendment of Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942 No. 14

WORKERS' COMPENSATION (DUST DISEASES) AMENDMENT

ACT 1989 No. 64

NEW SOUTH WALES

Act No. 64, 1989

consequence of and in connection with the enactment of the Dust Diseases An Act to amend the Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942 in Tribunal Act 1989. [Assented to 23 May 1989]

Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases) Amendment 1989

The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:

Short title

1.     This Act may be cited as the Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases)

Amendment Act 1989.

Commencement

2.     This Act commences on a day to be appointed by proclamation.

Amendment of Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942 No. 14
3. The Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942 is amended
by omitting section 6 (2) and by inserting instead the following subsection:

(2) The board is responsible for administering the Fund and is required

to pay out of the Fund—

(a) all compensation payable under this Act;

(b) all money required to pay the fees of members of the board;

(c) the remuneration payable to the executive member and the staff of the board;

(d) the fees payable to the medical authority;

(e)	the costs of administering this Act and any other money that the board is required to pay under this Act; and
(f)	the costs involved in the operation of the Dust Diseases Tribunal of New South Wales (including the remuneration payable to the registrar and other staff of that Tribunal).

[Minister's second reading speech made in—

Legislative Assembly on 3 May 1989 Legislative Council on 11 May 1989]