Tasmanian Numbered Acts

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION AMENDMENT ACT 2017 (NO. 39 OF 2017)

- Act 39 of 2017
- Royal Assent 16 October 2017

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Principal Act
   4.      Section 3 amended (Interpretation)
   5.      Section 4 amended (Application of Act)
   6.      Section 9 amended (Membership of Board)
   7.      Section 10 amended (Functions of Board)
   8.      Section 12 amended (Disclosure of interest)
   9.      Section 25 amended (Liability of employers to compensate workers for injuries)
   10.     Section 26 substituted
   11.     Section 28 amended (Review of operation of section 27 )
   12.     Section 33A substituted
   13.     Section 34 amended (Form of claim for compensation)
   14.     Section 36 amended (Employer to forward accident report and claim)
   15.     Section 67 amended (Amount of compensation in case of death)
   16.     Section 71A inserted
   17.     Section 72 amended (Assessment of degree of impairment)
   18.     Section 74 amended (Interpretation of Division 2 of Part VI)
   19.     Section 76 amended (Additional compensation for travelling expenses)
   20.     Section 77A amended (Provision of certain services)
   21.     Section 77B amended (Application for accreditation)
   22.     Section 77C amended (Grant, &c., of accreditation)
   23.     Section 77D substituted
   24.     Section 86 amended (Cases in which employer may terminate or reduce payments)
   25.     Section 87 amended (Cessation on account of age of entitlement to weekly payments)
   26.     Section 97 amended (Obligation of employers to insure)
   27.     Section 102A repealed
   28.     Section 108 substituted
   29.     Section 109 amended (Additional information to be supplied)
   30.     Section 110 amended (Notice of refusal)
   31.     Section 111 amended (Revocation or suspension of licences and permits)
   32.     Section 112 amended (Appeals)
   33.     Section 113 amended (Publication of grant of, or revocation or suspension of, licences and permits)
   34.     Section 138AB amended (Claims for damages)
   35.     Section 141 amended (Interpretation)
   36.     Section 142 amended (Injury management programs to be complied with)
   37.     Section 143 amended (Approval of injury management programs)
   38.     Section 143A amended (Employer to notify insurer of workplace injury)
   39.     Section 143D amended (Return-to-work co-ordinator may be required to be appointed)
   40.     Section 143E amended (Return-to-work and injury management plans )
   41.     Section 143H amended (Issue of certificates )
   42.     Section 152 repealed
   43.     Section 153 amended (False or misleading statements)
   44.     Section 164BAA inserted
   45.     Section 164C amended (Validation of certain guidelines, &c.)
   46.     Section 164D inserted
   47.     Schedule 1 amended (Provisions with respect to membership of Board)
   48.     Schedule 2 amended (Provisions with respect to meetings of Board)
   49.     Schedule 4 repealed
   50.     Repeal of Act