New South Wales
Workers Compensation Legislation
Amendment Act 1998 No 85
Contents
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1 Name of Act 2 2 Commencement 2 3 Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987 No 70 2 4 Amendment of other Acts 2 Schedules
1 Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987 3
2 Amendment of other Acts 30
New South Wales
Workers Compensation Legislation
Amendment Act 1998 No 85
Act No 85, 1998
An Act to amend the Workers Compensation Act 1987 and other Acts in connection with the enactment of the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998; and for other purposes. [Assented to 14
July 1998]
| Section 1 | Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 1998 No 85 |
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment
Act 1998.
2 Commencement
This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.
Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987 No 70
The Workers Compensation Act 1987 is amended as set out in
Schedule l .
4 Amendment of other Acts
Each Act specified in Schedule 2 is amended as set out in that
Schedule.
Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 1998 No 85
Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987 Schedule 1 Schedule 1 Amendment of Workers Compensation
Act 1987
(Section 3)
[1] Section 2A
Insert after section 2:
2A Relationship to Workplace Injury Management and
Workers Compensation Act 1998
(1) The Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 is referred to in this Act as the
1998 Act.
(2) This Act is to be construed with, and as if it formed part of, the 1998 Act. Accordingly, a reference in this Act to this Act includes a reference to the 1998 Act. (3) In the event of an inconsistency between this Act and the 1998 Act, the 1998 Act prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.
[2] Section 3 Definitions
Insert before section 3 (1):
(1AA) In this Act, words and expressions have the same meanings as they have in the 1998 Act, unless this Act provides otherwise.
[3] Section 3 (1)
Omit the definitions of Authority, Commissioner, compensation, Compensation Court, conciliation officer, dependants, employer, existing claim, financial year, Government employer, Government
worker, incapacity, insurance, Insurance Ministerial Corporation, Judge, medical panel, medical referee, member of a family, new claim, policy of insurance, Principal Conciliator, records, related corporation, Senior Conciliation Officer, Uninsured Liability and Indemnity Scheme, weekly payment, WorkCover Authority Fund and worker.
Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 1998 No 85
| Schedule 1 | Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987 |
Section 3 (2)
Omit the subsection.
Section 5 Deemed employment of workers
Omit the section.
Section 10 Journey claims
Insert “to the 1998 Act” after “Schedule 1 ” in section 10 (3) (f).
Section 11A No compensation for psychological injury caused by reasonable actions of employer
Omit “section 92”…