Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Claims and Registration) Variation Regulations 2009 (SA)

South Australia

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Claims and Registration) Variation Regulations 2009

under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1. Short title

2. Commencement

3. Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Claims and Registration) Regulations 1999

1. Variation of regulation 8—Registration of employers

2. Variation of section 13—Remission of levy

3. Substitution of regulations 14 and 15

   14Payment of levies

4. Variation of regulation 19—Expiation of certain offences

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Claims and Registration) Variation Regulations 2009.

2—Commencement

These regulations will come into operation on 1 July 2009.

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Claims and Registration) Regulations 1999

4—Variation of regulation 8—Registration of employers

1. Regulation 8(1)—delete "furnished to the Corporation under section 69" and substitute:

   or statement submitted or provided to the Corporation under Part 5 Division 6

2. Regulation 8(5)(a)—delete "furnished to the Corporation under section 69" and substitute:

   or statement submitted or provided to the Corporation under Part 5 Division 6

5—Variation of section 13—Remission of levy

Regulation 13(a)—delete paragraph (a) and substitute:

(a)if the remuneration otherwise subject to the levy belongs to a category of remuneration determined by the Corporation for the purposes of this paragraph to be a category in relation to which the levy will be remitted (with the extent of the remission under this paragraph reflecting the extent to which remuneration falls into any such category); or

6—Substitution of regulations 14 and 15

Regulations 14 and 15—delete the regulations and substitute:

14—Payment of levies

(1)For the purposes of section 69(1) of the Act, the prescribed date is 31 July.

(2)For the purposes of section 69A(1) of the Act, the prescribed percentage is 20%.

(3)For the purposes of section 69D of the Act, the prescribed period is 31 days.

(4)For the purposes of section 69E(3) of the Act, an additional amount of levy payable by an employer is to be paid in a manner determined by the Corporation within the period specified in the notice of adjustment of levy issued to the employer by the Corporation.

(5)A document in the designated form that is to be submitted or provided under Part 5 Division 6 of the Act is to be submitted or provided in 1 of the following ways:

(a)a hard copy of the document may be—

(i)delivered personally to the Corporation's principal place of business; or

(ii)posted to the Corporation's postal address; or

(iii)faxed to the Corporation's fax number;

(b)an electronic copy of the document may be emailed to the Corporation's email address;

(c)an electronic version of the document may be lodged via a website maintained by the Corporation,

(with any such address, number or website being determined by the Corporation).

7—Variation of regulation 19—Expiation of certain offences

1. Regulation 19(1), table—delete the item relating to section 69(5) of the Act

2. Regulation 19(3), definition of Annual Declaration—delete the definition

Note—

As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.

Made by the Governor

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 28 May 2009

No 65 of 2009

MIR09/020CS