Workers Compensation Legislation Further Amendment Act 2001 Proclamation re commencement (2001-1030) [GG No 195A of 21.12.2001, p 10175] (NSW)

2001 No 1030

Workers Compensation Legislation New South Wales

Further Amendment Act 2001 No 94

—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 Further Amendment Act 2001, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 1 January 2002 as the day on which the uncommenced provisions of that Act (except Schedule 1.2 [8]) commence.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 19th day of December 2001.

By Her 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 uncommenced amendments to the Workers Compensation Act 1987, the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 and various other Acts.

Certain amendments to the Workers Compensation Act 1987 relating to common law damages are taken to have commenced at 9 am on 27 November 2001 (the day that the Bill for the Workers Compensation Legislation Further Amendment Act 2001 was introduced into Parliament—see section 2 (2) of that Act).

Published in Gazette No 195A of 21 December 2001, page 10175	Page 1
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2001 No 1030
Workers Compensation Legislation Further Amendment Act 2001 No 94—Proclamation
The amendments commenced by this proclamation relate to the following matters:
(a)	common law damages,
(b)	lump sum compensation,
(c)	compensation for domestic assistance,
(d)	savings and transitional matters,
(e)	the jurisdiction of the Workers Compensation Commission,
(f)	the repeal of private insurance arrangements,
(g)	Industrial Magistrates,
(h)	the Uninsured Liability and Indemnity Scheme,

1. miscellaneous matters.

An amendment relating to the WorkCover Guidelines remains uncommenced.

BY AUTHORITY