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WORKERS COMPENSATION LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (TRAINEES) BILL 2003




                             New South Wales




Workers Compensation Legislation
Amendment (Trainees) Bill 2003


Contents

                                                                         Page
                 1   Name of Act                                            2
                 2   Commencement                                           2
                 3   Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987 No 70       2
                 4   Amendment of Workplace Injury Management and Workers
                     Compensation Act 1998 No 86                            2
               5     Amendment of Workers Compensation Regulation 2003      2
      Schedule 1     Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987             3
      Schedule 2     Amendment of Workplace Injury Management and Workers
                     Compensation Act 1998                                  6
      Schedule 3     Amendment of Workers Compensation Regulation 2003      7




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Workers Compensation Legislation
Amendment (Trainees) Bill 2003

No      , 2003


A Bill for

An Act to amend the Workers Compensation Act 1987 with respect to insurance
for trainees; to make consequential amendments to other laws; and for other
purposes.
Clause 1     Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment (Trainees) Bill 2003




                                                                                1
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
                                                                                2
 1    Name of Act
                                                                                3
           This Act is the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment
                                                                                4
           (Trainees) Act 2003.
                                                                                5
 2    Commencement
                                                                                6
           This Act commences on 1 January 2004.
                                                                                7
 3    Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987 No 70
                                                                                8
           The Workers Compensation Act 1987 is amended as set out in
                                                                                9
           Schedule 1.
                                                                               10
 4    Amendment of Workplace Injury Management and Workers
                                                                               11
      Compensation Act 1998 No 86
                                                                               12
           The Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation
                                                                               13
           Act 1998 is amended as set out in Schedule 2.
                                                                               14
 5    Amendment of Workers Compensation Regulation 2003
                                                                               15
           The Workers Compensation Regulation 2003 is amended as set out
                                                                               16
           in Schedule 3.




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Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987                          Schedule 1




Schedule 1 Amendment of Workers Compensation                                          1

           Act 1987                                                                   2
                                                                                      3
                                                                       (Section 3)
                                                                                      4
[1]   Section 11 Recess claims
                                                                                      5
      Omit "apprenticeship". Insert instead "training contract".
                                                                                      6
[2]   Section 24 Illegal employment
                                                                                      7
      Omit "or apprenticeship" wherever occurring.
                                                                                      8
      Insert instead "or training contract".
                                                                                      9
[3]   Section 158 Insurance for trainees
                                                                                     10
      Omit the section.
                                                                                     11
[4]   Section 168 Insurance premiums orders
                                                                                     12
      Omit section 168 (4) (b).
                                                                                     13
[5]   Section 174 Records relating to wages, contracts etc to be kept
                                                                                     14
      and supplied
                                                                                     15
      Omit "or apprenticeship" from paragraph (a) of the definition of wages in
                                                                                     16
      section 174 (9).
                                                                                     17
      Insert instead "or a training contract".
                                                                                     18
[6]   Section 193 Definitions
                                                                                     19
      Omit the definition of policy of insurance from section 193 (1). Insert
                                                                                     20
      instead:
                                                                                     21
                   policy of insurance does not include a policy of insurance of
                                                                                     22
                   any class exempted by the regulations from this Division.
                                                                                     23
[7]   Section 217 Definitions
                                                                                     24
      Omit the definition of policy from section 217 (1). Insert instead:
                                                                                     25
                   policy means a policy of insurance.




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Schedule 1         Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987




[8]   Schedule 6 Savings, transitional and other provisions, Part 18G                        1

                                                                                             2
      Insert after Part 18F:

      Part 18G Provisions consequent on enactment of                                         3

               2003 trainee amendments                                                       4

                                                                                             5
         1   Definitions
                                                                                             6
                      In this Part:
                                                                                             7
                      the 2003 amending Act means the Workers Compensation
                                                                                             8
                      Legislation Amendment (Trainees) Act 2003.
                                                                                             9
                      trainee means a trainee within the meaning of section 158 of
                                                                                            10
                      this Act as in force immediately before its repeal by the 2003
                                                                                            11
                      amending Act.
                                                                                            12
         2   Insurance for trainees
                                                                                            13
             (1)      Section 158 (2) of this Act (as in force immediately before its
                                                                                            14
                      repeal by the 2003 amending Act) continues to have effect in
                                                                                            15
                      relation to any person employed as a trainee immediately
                                                                                            16
                      before that repeal until 31 December 2004, or the end of the
                                                                                            17
                      traineeship, whichever first occurs (the end of the continued
                                                                                            18
                      insurance period).
                                                                                            19
             (2)      Section 158 of this Act (as in force immediately before its
                                                                                            20
                      repeal by the 2003 amending Act) continues to apply to and
                                                                                            21
                      in respect of a policy of insurance deemed by that section to
                                                                                            22
                      be held by an employer in respect of a trainee referred to in
                                                                                            23
                      subclause (1) until the end of the continued insurance period.
                                                                                            24
             (3)      The repeal of section 158 by the 2003 amending Act does not
                                                                                            25
                      affect the validity of a policy of insurance referred to in
                                                                                            26
                      subclause (2) to the extent that it relates to any liability of the
                                                                                            27
                      employer with respect to that trainee referred to in section
                                                                                            28
                      158 (3) before its repeal that arises before the end of the
                                                                                            29
                      continued insurance period.
                                                                                            30
             (4)      Clause 50 (2) of the Workers Compensation Regulation 2003
                                                                                            31
                      (as in force immediately before its repeal by the 2003
                                                                                            32
                      amending Act) continues to have effect in relation to the
                                                                                            33
                      wages of a trainee referred to in subclause (1) until the end of
                                                                                            34
                      the continued insurance period.



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Amendment of Workers Compensation Act 1987                        Schedule 1




[9]   Schedule 6 Part 20                                                        1

                                                                                2
      Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):
                                                                                3
                   Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment (Trainees)
                                                                                4
                   Act 2003




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Schedule 2     Amendment of Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation
               Act 1998



Schedule 2 Amendment of Workplace Injury                                                     1

           Management and Workers Compensation                                               2

           Act 1998                                                                          3
                                                                                             4
                                                                              (Section 4)
                                                                                             5
[1]   Section 4 Definitions
                                                                                             6
      Insert in alphabetical order in section 4 (1):
                                                                                             7
                  training contract has the meaning it has in the Apprenticeship
                                                                                             8
                  and Traineeship Act 2001.
                                                                                             9
                  Note. A training contract is a contract entered into for the purpose of
                                                                                            10
                  establishing an apprenticeship or traineeship.
                                                                                            11
[2]   Section 4
                                                                                            12
      Omit "apprenticeship" from the definition of worker in section 4 (1).
                                                                                            13
      Insert instead "a training contract".
                                                                                            14
[3]   Schedule 1 Deemed employment of workers
                                                                                            15
      Omit "apprenticeship" from clause 1.
                                                                                            16
      Insert instead "a training contract".




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Amendment of Workers Compensation Regulation 2003                 Schedule 3




Schedule 3 Amendment of Workers Compensation                                      1

           Regulation 2003                                                        2
                                                                                  3
                                                                    (Section 5)

                                                                                  4
      Clause 50 Trainees under Australian Traineeship System
                                                                                  5
      Omit the clause.




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