Workers' Compensation (Amendment) Act 1984 (NSW)

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1984,

No. 90

ANNO TRICESIMO TERTIO

ELIZABETHS H REGINS

Act No. 90, 1984.

An Act to amend the Workers’ Compensation Act, 1926, for, or in connection with, the purpose of replacing the Workers’ Compensation Commission with a Compensation Court of New South Wales and a State Compensation Board, and for certain other purposes. [Assented to, 28th June, 1984.]

2  A ct N o. 90, 1984.

Workers’ Compensation {Amendment).

BE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of New South Wales in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Short title.

1.           This Act may be cited as the “Workers’ Compensation (Amendment)

Act, 1984”.

Commencement.

2. (1) Except as provided by subsections (2 ) -(4 ) , this Act shall commence on the date of assent to this Act.

(2) Section 5, in its application to a provision of Schedules 1-11, shall commence on the day on which the provision commences.

(3) Schedules 1-4, Schedule 5 (3) (a) and Schedules 6-11 shall commence on the day appointed and notified under section 2 (2) of the Compensation Court Act, 1984.

(4) Schedule 5 (Schedule 5 (3) (a) excepted) shall commence on such day as may be appointed by the Governor in respect thereof and as may be notified by proclamation published in the Gazette.

Principal Act.

3. The Workers’ Compensation Act, 1926, is referred to in this Act

as the Principal Act.

Schedules.

4. This Act contains the following Schedules:—

SCHEDULE 1.—Amendments to the Long Title and Part I of

THE Principal Act.

Workers^ Compensation (Amendment).

SCHEDULE 2.—Amendments to Part II of the Principal Act.

SCHEDULE 3.— Amendments to Part Ha of the ̂Principal Act. SCHEDULE 4.— Amendments to Part III of the Principal Act, SCHEDULE 5.— A mendments to Part IIIa of the Principal Act. SCHEDULE 6.—A mendments to Part IV of the Principal Act. SCHEDULE 7.— Amendments to Part V of the Principal Act.

SCHEDULE 8.—Amendments to Part VI of the Principal Act.

SCHEDULE 9.— Amendments to Part VII of the Principal Act. SCHEDULE 10.— Amendment to Part VIII of the Principal

Act.

SCHEDULE 11.— Amendments to Part IX of, and Addition of

Schedules to the Principal Act.

Amendment ol Act No. 15, 1926.

5.          The Principal Act is amended in the manner set forth in

Schedules 1-11.

SCHEDULE 1.

(Sec. 5.) Amendments to the Long T itle and Part I of the Principal Act. (1) Long title—