Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) A claim for
compensation payable by an employer in respect of an injury by dust disease
suffered by a waterfront worker or the death of a waterfront worker resulting
from an injury by dust disease may be made against WorkCover WA if the
identity of the last relevant employer of the waterfront worker is not known.
(2) A claimant under
subsection (1) has the same rights and remedies against WorkCover
WA, and WorkCover WA has the same liability to the claimant and the same
rights and remedies in respect of that liability, as the claimant and
WorkCover WA would have had if WorkCover WA were the last relevant employer of
the waterfront worker.