Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 237

237 .         Terms of insurance and form of policies

        (1)         The regulations may do any of the following —

            (a)         prescribe any or all of the terms and conditions of a workers compensation policy;

            (b)         limit, modify or exclude any term or condition of a workers compensation policy;

            (c)         prescribe the form of a workers compensation policy;

            (d)         prescribe 1 or more standard forms of a workers compensation policy and the circumstances in which a standard form must be used;

            (e)         limit, modify or exclude any requirement in section 202 to have a workers compensation policy in respect of liabilities arising in specified circumstances or out of specified events;

            (f)         limit the amount for which an employer is required to be insured under a workers compensation policy;

            (g)         otherwise limit, modify or exclude the requirement in section 202 that an employer must at all times have a current workers compensation policy issued by a licensed insurer.

        (2)         If a licensed insurer issues a workers compensation policy that includes a term or condition that is inconsistent with a requirement of this Act or the regulations —

            (a)         the term or condition is of no effect to the extent of the inconsistency; and

            (b)         the licensed insurer commits an offence.

        Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $10 000.