Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts Delete
section 5.49 and insert:
5.49. Workers compensation insurance
(1) In this
section —
eligible body means —
(a) a
local government; or
(b) a
regional local government; or
(c) a
regional subsidiary; or
(d) any
other body with functions relating to local government approved in writing by
the Minister;
group self-insurer licence has the meaning given
in the WCIM Act section 200;
WCIMAct means the Workers Compensation and Injury
Management Act 2023 ;
WorkCover WA has the meaning given in the WCIM Act
section 5.
(2) WALGA must hold
and manage a group self-insurer licence under the WCIM Act for the benefit
of —
(a)
itself; and
(b) any
eligible body to which, under the WCIM Act, the group self-insurer licence
extends.
(3) If an eligible
body wishes to be added to or removed from the group self-insurer licence,
WALGA must apply to WorkCover WA to seek a variation in the group self-insurer
licence under the WCIM Act section 246(3).
(4) Nothing in this
section limits the application of the WCIM Act.
Note for this section:
The WCIM Act
section 247 provides that each holder or former holder of a group
self-insurer licence is jointly and severally liable for any self-insurer
liability of an employer that is a liability in respect of an injury to or
death of a worker that arose while the employer was a self-insurer covered by
the group self-insurer licence.