1994--No. 109

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987--REGULATION
(Relating to the prescribed rates for treatment in a public hospital)
NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 50 of 25 March 1994]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and with the concurrence of the Minister for Health, and in pursuance of the Workers Compensation Act 1987, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

KERRY CHIKAROVSKI, Minister for Industrial Relations and Employment. The Workers Compensation (General) Regulation 1987 is amended by omitting clause 10BC.
EXPLANATORY NOTE Part 4AA of the Workers Compensation (General) Regulation 1987 prescribes the method of calculation of the amount for which an employer is liable in respect o f hospital treatment of a worker at a public hospital. At present, the Regulation provides that the Part has effect only until 3 1 March 1994 (After that date an employer would be liable for the amount for which the employer would have been liable immediately before the commencement of that Part.)
The object of this Regulation is to remove this "sunset" provision so that Part 4AA (and the prescribed amounts) continue to have effect after that date. Accordingly, the liability of an employer for treatment of a worker at a public hospital will continue to be determined in accordance with the rates prescribed in that Part. This Regulation is made under the Workers Compensation Act 1987, in particular section 62 (Rates applicable for hospital treatment) and section 280 (the general regulation making power).