(1) It is a condition
of a self-insurer’s exemption under the Workers’ Compensation and
Rehabilitation Act 1981 section 164 that, if requested by the
Commission to do so, the self-insurer enter into an agreement in writing with
the Commission —
(a)
entitling the self-insurer to make claims in accordance with section 9;
and
(b)
providing for contributions that the self-insurer will make to the
Employers’ Indemnity Supplementation Fund established under the
Employers’ Indemnity Supplementation Fund Act 1980
section 5(1) towards the cost of satisfying claims made by employers in
accordance with section 9.
(2) Contravention of a
condition under this section is to be treated, for the purposes of the
Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1981 , as a
contravention of a requirement under that Act.