Queensland Numbered Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019

- As at 30 October 2019
- Act 33 of 2019

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement

   PART 2 - AMENDMENT OF FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING ACT 2014

   3.      Act amended
   4.      Amendment of s 17 (Registering training contracts)
   5.      Amendment of s 23 (Application for extension of nominal term of registered training contract)
   6.      Insertion of new ch 2, pt 2, div 5, sdiv 1, hdg
   7.      Insertion of new ch 2, pt 2, div 5, sdiv 2
   8.      Insertion of new ch 2, pt 2, div 5A
   9.      Amendment of ch 2, pt 2, div 6, sdiv 1, hdg
   10.     Insertion of new ch 2, pt 2, div 6, sdiv 1A
   11.     Amendment of s 36 (Grounds for cancellation of registered training contract by chief executive)
   12.     Amendment of s 38 (Decision about cancellation after show cause notice)
   13.     Insertion of new ch 2, pt 2, div 6A
   14.     Insertion of new s 50A
   15.     Amendment of s 58 (Employer to report notifiable events)
   16.     Insertion of new section 58A
   17.     Insertion of new s 66A
   18.     Insertion of new ch 2, pt 4, div 2, sdiv 1, hdg
   19.     Insertion of new ch 2, pt 4, div 2, sdiv 2, hdg
   20.     Amendment of s 80 (Changing training plan for an apprentice or trainee)
   21.     Insertion of new ch 2, pt 4, div 2, sdiv 3, hdg
   22.     Insertion of new ch 2, pt 4, div 2, sdivs 4–6
   23.     Amendment of s 112A (Definitions for ch 4A)
   24.     Amendment of s 168 (Appeal to industrial relations commission)
   25.     Amendment of s 208 (Declaration of restricted calling continues in force)
   26.     Insertion of new ch 9, pt 4
   27.     Amendment of sch 1 (Dictionary)

   PART 3 - AMENDMENT OF TAFE QUEENSLAND ACT 2013

   28.     Act amended
   29.     Amendment of s 12 (Establishment)
   30.     Amendment of pt 6, hdg
   31.     Insertion of new pt 6, div 1, hdg
   32.     Insertion of new pt 6, div 2

   PART 4 - AMENDMENT OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003

   33.     Act amended
   34.     Amendment of s 32 (Meaning of injury)
   35.     Amendment of s 36F (Meaning of pneumoconiosis score)
   36.     Amendment of s 39A (Meaning of terminal condition)
   37.     Amendment of s 41 (Meaning of rehabilitation and return to work coordinator)
   38.     Amendment of s 42 (Meaning of suitable duties)
   39.     Insertion of new s 63B
   40.     Amendment of s 66 (Employer’s liability for excess period)
   41.     Amendment, relocation and renumbering of s 107 (Meaning of QOTE)
   42.     Amendment of s 109 (Who must pay compensation)
   43.     Amendment of s 128B (Entitlements of worker with terminal condition)
   44.     Amendment of s 128G (Lump sum compensation)
   45.     Amendment of s 128J (Further lump sum compensation)
   46.     Amendment of s 131 (Time for applying)
   47.     Amendment of s 132 (Applying for compensation)
   48.     Amendment of s 133 (Employer’s duty to report injury)
   49.     Amendment of s 133A (Employer’s duty to tell WorkCover if worker asks for, or employer makes, a payment)
   50.     Amendment of s 140 (Maximum entitlement)
   51.     Amendment of s 141 (Time from which compensation payable)
   52.     Amendment of s 144B (When payment of medical treatment, hospitalisation and expenses stops)
   53.     Replacement of s 168 (Review of compensation and associated payments)
   54.     Amendment of s 192 (Additional lump sum compensation for workers with DPI of 30% or more)
   55.     Amendment of s 193 (Additional lump sum compensation for gratuitous care)
   56.     Amendment of s 200 (Total dependency)
   57.     Amendment of s 202 (Workers under 21)
   58.     Amendment of s 205 (Variation of payments for injuries)
   59.     Amendment of s 208 (Application and object of ch 4)
   60.     Amendment of ch 4, pt 3, div 1, hdg (Responsibility for rehabilitation)
   61.     Replacement of s 220 (Insurer’s responsibility for worker’s rehabilitation)
   62.     Amendment of s 222 (Liability for rehabilitation fees and costs)
   63.     Amendment of s 226 (Employer’s obligation to appoint rehabilitation and return to work coordinator)
   64.     Replacement of s 228 (Employer’s obligation to assist or provide rehabilitation)
   65.     Insertion of new ch 4, pt 5A
   66.     Amendment of s 306M (Damages for loss of consortium or loss of servitium)
   67.     Amendment of s 306R (Court required to inform parties of proposed award)
   68.     Omission of ch 5, pt 9, div 5 (Indexation provisions)
   69.     Insertion of new ch 5, pt 14
   70.     Amendment of s 383 (General statement of WorkCover’s functions)
   71.     Insertion of new s 385A
   72.     Amendment of s 481A (Amounts payable by WorkCover on Minister’s instruction)
   73.     Amendment of s 532C (Power to require information or documents from particular persons)
   74.     Amendment of s 538 (Internal review by insurer)
   75.     Amendment of s 540 (Application of pt 2)
   76.     Amendment of s 584 (Regulation-making power)
   77.     Insertion of new ch 35
   78.     Amendment of sch 2 (Who is a worker in particular circumstances)
   79.     Amendment of sch 3 (Who is an employer in particular circumstances)
   80.     Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary)

   PART 5 - AMENDMENT OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION REGULATION 2014

   81.     Regulation amended
   82.     Amendment of s 128 (Prescribed amount of damages for loss of consortium or loss of servitium—Act, s 306M(1) (b))
   83.     Amendment of s 130 (General damages calculation provisions—Act, s 306P(2), definition general damages calculation provisions)
   84.     Amendment of s 131 (Prescribed amount of award for future loss—Act, s 306R(2))
   85.     Insertion of new s 146A
   86.     Amendment of sch 2 (Graduated scale for additional compensation for workers with terminal latent onset injuries)
   87.     Amendment of sch 3 (Graduated scale of additional compensation for workers with DPI of 30% or more)
   88.     Amendment of sch 4 (Graduated scale for additional compensation for gratuitous care)
   89.     Amendment of sch 4C (Lump sum compensation for workers with pneumoconiosis)
   90.     Amendment of sch 12 (General damages calculation provisions)

   PART 6 - REPEAL

   91.     Repeal

   PART 7 - MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

   92.     Legislation amended
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