Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2001 Proclamation re commencement (2001-804) [GG No 152 of 5.10.2001, p 8487] (NSW)
2001 No 804
| Workers Compensation Legislation | New South Wales |
Amendment Act 2001 No 61—
Proclamation
MARIE BASHIR, Governor I, Professor Marie Bashir AC, 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 2001, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 5 October 2001 as the day on which the following provisions of that Act commence:
| (a) | sections 1 and 2, and section 3 in its application to the amendments referred to in paragraphs (b)–(i), |
(b) Schedule 2.1 [1],
| (c) | Schedule 2.2 [2] and [3], |
(d) Schedule 4.1 [4],
(e) Schedule 4.2 [3]–[5],
| (f) | so much of Schedule 4.2 [17] as inserts the heading to Chapter 7, and Part 10 of Chapter 7, into the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998, |
(g) Schedule 4.2 [18],
| (h) | Schedule 5.1, |
Schedule 5.2 [1] and [3]–[5].
Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 3rd day of October 2001.
By Her Excellency’s Command,
JOHN DELLA BOSCA, M.L.C.,
Special Minister of State
| Published in Gazette No 152 of 5 October 2001, page 8487 | Page 1 |
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| 2001 No 804 | |
| Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2001 No 61—Proclamation |
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Explanatory note
The object of this proclamation is to commence amendments to the Workers Compensation Act 1987 and the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 relating to the following matters:
| (a) | certain formal matters providing for the name, commencement and effect of the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2001, |
| (b) | the making of Workers Compensation Guidelines, |
| (c) | the approval of injury management consultants, |
| (d) | the making of regulations of a savings and transitional nature consequent on the enactment of the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2001, |
| (e) | the establishment, administration and funding of the Workers Compensation Commission, |
| (f) | the making of regulations relating to adjustment of insurance premiums, |
| (g) | access to information and records relating to wages and workers compensation insurance premiums, |
| (h) | payment of weekly benefits to workers injured after reaching retiring age, |
maximum amount of rates for medical treatment,
| (j) | review of the effectiveness of the premium discount scheme, |
| (k) | increasing the number of members of the Workers Compensation and Workplace Occupational Health and Safety Council. |
BY AUTHORITY
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