Workers' Compensation Regulations (Amendment) (ACT)

AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Regulations 1991    No. 38

Workers’ Compensation Regulations2 (Amendment)

The Australian Capital Territory Executive hereby makes the following Regulations under the Workers’ Compensation Act 1951.

Dated 20 December 1991.

WAYNE BERRY

Minister

ROSEMARY FOLLETT

Minister

Commencement

1.  (1)  This regulation and regulation 2 commence on the day on which these Regulations are notified in the Gazette.

(2) The remaining provisions commence on the day on which section 5 of the Workers’ Compensation (Amendment) Act 1991 commences.

Principal Regulations

2. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Workmen’s Compensation Regulations.

Citation

3.  Regulation 1 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting “Workmen’s” and substituting “Workers’ ”.

Interpretation

4.  Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting from subregulation (2) “Workmen’s” and substituting “Workers’ ”.

Claim by worker

5.  Regulation 3 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting “workman” and substituting “worker”; and

(b)by omitting “under the Act”.

Claim by dependant

6.  Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting “under the Act”.

Frequency of medical examinations

7.  Regulation 7 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting “workman” and substituting “worker”;

(b)by inserting “or herself” after “himself”; and

(c)by omitting “paragraph 10 of the First Schedule” and substituting “clause 10 of Schedule 1”.

Repeal

8.  Regulations 8, 9 and 11 are repealed.

Witnesses to declarations

9.  Regulation 12 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting “legally qualified”.

Schedule 1

10.  Schedule 1 to the Principal Regulations is amended as set out in the Schedule.

schedule  Regulation 10

AMENDMENT OF FORMS

Form 1—

(a)Omit “Workmen’s” (wherever occurring), substitute “Workers’ ”.

(b)Omit “WORKMAN”, substitute “WORKER”.

(c)Omit “sixteen years”, substitute “16, or any dependent children between the ages of 16 and 25 who are full-time students”.

(d)Omit “employee”, substitute “worker”.

(e)Omit “workman”, substitute “worker”.

(f)Omit “legally qualified”.

(g)After “he” insert “or she”.

Form 2—

(a)Omit “Workmen’s” (wherever occurring), substitute “Workers’ ”.

(b)Omit “WORKMAN”, substitute “WORKER”.

(c)Omit “employee”, substitute “worker”.

(d)Omit “workman” (wherever occurring), substitute “worker”.

(e)After “his” (wherever occurring), insert “or her”.

(f)After “he” (wherever occurring), insert “or she”.

(g)Omit “legally qualified”.

Form 3—

(a)Omit “Workmen’s” (wherever occurring), substitute “Workers’ ”.

(b)After “his”, insert “or her”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the ACT Gazette on 15 January 1992.

2. Regulations 1946 No. 4 as amended by 1959 No. 25; 1969 No. 6; 1979 No. 26; 1983 No. 26; Ordinance No. 67, 1985; Nos. 21 and 38, 1989; Act No. 44, 1991.

©  Australian Capital Territory 1991