Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2000 Proclamation re commencement (2000-725) [GG No 168 of 22.12.2000, p 13475] (NSW)

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Workers Compensation Legislation New South Wales

Amendment Act 2000 No 87

—Proclamation

GORDON SAMUELS, Governor I, the Honourable Gordon Samuels AC, CVO, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2000, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 1 January 2001 as the day on which that Act (with the exception of Schedules 3–9, 13 and 20–23) commences.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 20th day of December 2000.

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOHN DELLA BOSCA, M.L.C.,

Special Minister of State

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Explanatory note
The object of this proclamation is to commence certain provisions of the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2000 that amend the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 and the Workers Compensation Act 1987. These amendments relate to the following matters:

(a)	corporate governance,
(b)	injury management pilot projects and market incentives,
(c)	recovery of amounts payable to the WorkCover Authority from directors of uninsured corporations,
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(d)	recovery of inspection costs incurred by the WorkCover Authority or an insurer,
(e)	late payment fees on unpaid insurance premiums,
(f)	fraud against the workers compensation scheme,
(g)	powers of inspection of the WorkCover Authority,
(h)	increased penalties for certain offences,

(i)       penalties for insurers,

(j)	deduction of workers compensation costs from wages,
(k)	criminal liability of the Crown.

BY AUTHORITY