Western Australian Numbered Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 2023 (NO. 21 OF 2023) - SECT 286

286 .         Division does not apply to public authority covered by Insurance Commission

                This Division does not apply to an employer who is a public authority on behalf of which the Insurance Commission manages and administers insurance arrangements in relation to compensation liability in respect of a declared act of terrorism.

287 .         Term used: act of terrorism

        (1)         In this Division —

        act of terrorism means a dangerous action or threat of a dangerous action, if the dangerous action is done or the threat is made with the intention of advancing a political, religious or ideological cause and with the intention of —

            (a)         coercing, or influencing by intimidation, the government of a State, the Commonwealth or a foreign country or of part of a State or foreign country; or

            (b)         intimidating the public or a section of the public.

        (2)         A dangerous action is an action that has 1 or more of the following results (each a dangerous result ) —

            (a)         causes serious harm that is physical or psychological harm to a person;

            (b)         causes serious damage to property;

            (c)         causes a person’s death;

            (d)         endangers a person’s life, other than the life of the person taking the action;

            (e)         creates a serious risk to the health or safety of the public or a section of the public.

        (3)         Advocacy, protest, dissent or industrial action is not a dangerous action if it is not intended to have any dangerous result.