Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 202

202 .         Requirement for employers to be insured

        (1)         In this Act —

        workers compensation policy means an insurance policy that insures an employer for the full amount of the following liabilities of the employer that arise in respect of employment during the period of insurance —

            (a)         any liability of the employer that arises under this Act to pay compensation or make any other payment in respect of an injury to or the death of a worker;

            (b)         any liability of the employer to pay damages in respect of an injury to or the death of a worker if the employer is liable to pay compensation under this Act in respect of the injury or death, other than an injury to or the death of a deemed worker of the employer.

        (2)         An employer must at all times have a current workers compensation policy issued by a licensed insurer.

        (3)         Subsection (2) does not apply to an employer while the employer is a self-insurer.

        (4)         The requirements of this section are subject to —

            (a)         regulations under section 237(1); and

            (b)         section 289.