Western Australia
Workers’ Compensation Legislation
Amendment Act 2005
Western Australia
Workers’ Compensation Legislation
Amendment Act 2005
CONTENTS
Part 1 — Preliminary
| 1. | Short title | 2 |
| 2. | Commencement | 2 |
| Part 2 — Amendments to Workers’ Compensation Reform Act 2004 | ||
| 3. | The Act amended | 3 |
| 4. | Section 10 repealed | 3 |
| 5. | Section 101 amended | 3 |
| 6. | Section 120 amended | 3 |
| 7. | Section 184 amended | 3 |
| Part 3 — Amendments to Workers’ |
Compensation and Injury
Management Act 1981
Division 1 — Preliminary
| 8. | The Act amended | 4 |
| Division 2 — Deemed worker amendments | ||
| 9. | Section 10A replaced and transitional provision | 4 |
| 10A. | Working directors | 4 |
| 10. | Section 93B amended | 6 |
| 11. | Section 160 amended | 6 |
| 12. | Section 160A inserted | 7 |
| 160A. | Insurance in respect of working directors | 7 |
Workers’ Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2005
Contents
| 13. | Section 175AA inserted | 8 |
| 175AA. | Certain persons deemed workers | 8 |
| 14. | Section 303A inserted | 11 |
| 303A. | Making employment conditional on | |
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| 15. | Schedule 1 amended | 11 |
| Division 3 — Miscellaneous amendments | ||
| 16. | Section 31H amended | 13 |
| 17. | Section 72A amended | 13 |
| 18. | Section 146H amended | 14 |
| 19. | Section 146O amended | 14 |
| 20. | Section 165 amended | 14 |
| 21. | Section 174 amended | 14 |
| 22. | Section 180 amended | 15 |
| 23. | Section 198 amended | 15 |
| 24. | Section 219 amended | 15 |
| 25. | Section 231 amended | 15 |
| 26. | Section 241 amended | 15 |
| 27. | Section 247 amended | 15 |
| 28. | Section 277 amended | 16 |
| 29. | Schedule 1 amended | 16 |
| Part 4 — Death benefit amendments | ||
| 30. | Section 5 amended and transitional provision | 17 |
| Part 5 — Court of Appeal |
amendments
31. Acts Amendment (Court of Appeal) Act 2004
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32. Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management
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Western Australia
Workers’ Compensation Legislation
Amendment Act 2005
No. 16 of 2005
An Act to —
| • | amend the Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981; and |
| • | amend the Workers’ Compensation Reform Act 2004, |
and for related purposes.
[Assented to 27 September 2005]
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
Workers’ Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2005
| Part 1 | Preliminary |
| s. 1 |
Part 1 — Preliminary
1. Short title
| This is the Workers’ Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2005. |
2. Commencement
| (1) | Subject to subsections (2) and (3) — |
| (a) | this Act comes into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent; and |
| (b) | Part 3 comes into operation immediately after the coming into operation of Part 2. |
| (2) | Section 30(1) and (2) are deemed to have come into operation on 1 July 2005. |
| (3) | If this Act receives the Royal Assent on or before 14 November 2005, section 7 and Parts 3 and 5 come into operation on 14 November 2005, immediately after the coming into operation of section 130 of the Workers’ Compensation Reform Act 2004. |
Workers’ Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2005
| Amendments to Workers’ Compensation Reform Act 2004 | Part 2 |
s. 3
Part 2 — Amendments to Workers’ Compensation
Reform Act 2004
3. The Act amended
| The amendments in this Part are to the Workers’ Compensation Reform… |