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WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 201

201 .         Agency arrangements

        (1)         WorkCover WA may enter into an arrangement (an agency arrangement ) by contract or otherwise for the appointment of a person to act as agent for WorkCover WA in connection with the performance of any functions of WorkCover WA under this Part.

        (2)         An agent is, in the performance of functions under an agency arrangement, subject to the direction and control of WorkCover WA as provided by the terms of the agency arrangement.

        (3)         For the purposes of section 534, the exercise or purported exercise of a function of WorkCover WA under this Part by a person as agent of WorkCover WA under an agency arrangement is taken to be the exercise or purported exercise by the person of a function under this Part if done within the scope of the agent’s actual authority to act.



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