Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (General) Variation Regulations 2008 (SA)

South Australia

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (General) Variation Regulations 2008

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 (General) Regulations 1999

1. Insertion of regulation 20A

   20AConstitution of Medical Panels

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (General) Variation Regulations 2008.

2—Commencement

These regulations will come into operation on the day on which section 98 of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986 (being inserted by section 70 of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Scheme Review) Amendment Act 2008) comes into operation.

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 (General) Regulations 1999

4—Insertion of regulation 20A

After regulation 20 insert:

20A—Constitution of Medical Panels

(1)Pursuant to section 98(3) of the Act, the selection committee established by the Minister for the purpose of making recommendations under subsection (2) of that section is to consist of the following members:

(a)1 person, to be appointed by the Minister after consultation with the Minister for Health, who is to preside at meetings of the committee;

(b)1 person who is, in the opinion of the Minister, an appropriate person to represent the interests of employers;

(c)1 person who is, in the opinion of the Minister, an appropriate person to represent the interests of workers;

(d)1 person who is a member of the Australian Medical Association (South Australia) Incorporated;

(e)1 person who is a member of the Medical Board of South Australia;

(f)at least 1, but not more than 5, persons—

(i)representing the colleges of medical practitioners from which the Minister expects appointments to be made to Medical Panels; or

(ii)who have an interest in the function of Medical Panels and are appointed following consultation by the Minister with the person appointed to preside at meetings of the committee.

(2)The members of the selection committee will hold office on such terms and conditions as the Minister may determine.

(3)The committee will, subject to direction by the Minister as to the procedures it is to adopt, determine its own procedures.

(4)Pursuant to section 98(4) of the Act, the selection committee must, for the purpose of making nominations under subsection (3) of that section, by notice in publications considered by the committee to be suitable for the purpose, invite expressions of interest for appointment to the list of medical practitioners appointed by the Governor under section 98(2) of the Act within a period specified in the notice (being not less than 2 weeks, and not more than 4 weeks, from the date of publication of the notice).

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 25 September 2008

No 268 of 2008

MIR20/08CS