Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 187

187 .         Permanent Impairment Guidelines

        (1)         WorkCover WA must issue guidelines (the Permanent Impairment Guidelines ) that make provision for or with respect to the evaluation of a worker’s degree of permanent impairment.

        (2)         The Permanent Impairment Guidelines may adopt the provisions of other publications, whether with or without modification or addition and whether in force at a particular time or from time to time.

        (3)         WorkCover WA is not required to use the title “Permanent Impairment Guidelines” for the guidelines and may issue the Permanent Impairment Guidelines under a different title.

        (4)         The Interpretation Act 1984 sections 41, 42, 43 and 44 apply to the Permanent Impairment Guidelines as if they were regulations.