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WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 232ZI
Engagement of NIIS (Qld) agency to perform functions and exercise powers
232ZI Engagement of NIIS (Qld) agency to perform functions and exercise powers
(1) An insurer may, by way of an agreement under the NIIS (Qld) Act , section
60 , engage the NIIS (Qld) agency to perform the insurer’s functions or
exercise the insurer’s powers under this chapter, including, for example—
(a) assessing and deciding a worker’s entitlement to treatment, care and
support payments; and
(b) preparing support plans; and
(c) deciding service
requests under section 232P ; and
(d) entering into funding agreements under
section 232Q ; and
(e) deciding payment requests under section 232R .
(2) To
remove any doubt, it is declared that an insurer who engages the NIIS (Qld)
agency to perform functions or exercise powers under subsection (1) remains
liable to make payments to workers under this chapter.
(3) The Regulator may
impose a condition on a self-insurer’s licence that the self-insurer engage
the NIIS (Qld) agency under subsection (1) for all of the self-insurer’s
functions and powers under this chapter or for stated functions and powers.
(4) The Regulator may monitor the performance of functions or the exercise of
powers by the NIIS (Qld) agency under an engagement under subsection (1) .
(5) In this section—
"NIIS (Qld) Act" means the
National Injury Insurance Scheme (Queensland) Act 2016 .
"NIIS (Qld) agency" means the agency under the NIIS (Qld) Act.
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