Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) In this
section —
public authority has the meaning given in the
Insurance Commission of Western Australia Act 1986 section 3.
(2) The Insurance
Commission is taken to be an insurer that holds an insurer licence and that
licence is taken to be subject to a specialised insurer condition that limits
the Insurance Commission to the insurance of public authorities under the
Insurance Commission of Western Australia Act 1986 .
(3) The following
provisions apply in respect of a public authority on behalf of which the
Insurance Commission manages and administers insurance arrangements in respect
of liability to pay compensation or damages in respect of an injury to a
worker —
(a) the
public authority is taken to hold a workers compensation policy issued by the
Insurance Commission and accordingly is taken to comply with section 202
(which requires an employer to have a current workers compensation policy at
all times);
(b) the
public authority must pay to the Insurance Commission the amounts the
Insurance Commission determines and notifies to the public authority from time
to time as the premium for a workers compensation policy taken to have been
issued to the public authority by the Insurance Commission;
(c) the
public authority must provide to the Insurance Commission information the
Insurance Commission may request from time to time for the purpose of
determining the premium for a workers compensation policy taken to have been
issued to the public authority by the Insurance Commission;
(d)
Division 5 does not apply to a premium payable in respect of a workers
compensation policy taken to have been issued by the Insurance Commission
under this section;
(e)
section 203 does not require the provision of information by the public
authority to the Insurance Commission.
(4) A public authority
that is taken to hold a workers compensation policy issued by the Insurance
Commission cannot make a request of the Insurance Commission referred to in
section 162(2) or (3).
(5) The Insurance
Commission is not a licensed insurer required to contribute to the General
Account or the DI Fund.
(6) The functions of
the Insurance Commission as a licensed insurer in respect of workers
compensation policies taken to have been issued under this section (including,
without limitation, the function of discharging the liabilities of a public
authority under a policy of that kind) are taken to be functions of the
Insurance Commission under the Insurance Commission of Western Australia
Act 1986 section 6(c).