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TASMANIA
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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND
COMPENSATION AMENDMENT (VALIDATION)
BILL 2012
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CONTENTS
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Principal Act
4. Section 164C inserted
164C. Validation of certain guidelines, &c.
5. Repeal of Act
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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND
COMPENSATION AMENDMENT (VALIDATION)
BILL 2012
This Public Bill originated in the House of Assembly, and, having this day passed, is
now ready for presentation to the Legislative Council for its concurrence.
P. R. ALCOCK, Clerk of the House
21 June 2012
(Brought in by the Minister for Workplace Relations, the
Honourable David James O'Byrne)
A BILL FOR
An Act to amend the Workers Rehabilitation and
Compensation Act 1988 by inserting provisions validating
certain guidelines, and for related matters
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Workers
Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment
(Validation) Act 2012.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on the day on which this
Act receives the Royal Assent.
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3. Principal Act
In this Act, the Workers Rehabilitation and
Compensation Act 1988* is referred to as the
Principal Act.
4. Section 164C inserted
After section 164B of the Principal Act, the
following section is inserted in Part XIII:
164C. Validation of certain guidelines, &c.
(1) In this section -
April 2011 guidelines means the
document, relating to the
assessment of permanent
impairment under this Act, that
was -
(a) referred to, at a meeting
of the Board on
10 August 2010, as
"Guidelines for the
Assessment of Permanent
Impairment"; and
(b) approved by the Board at
that meeting as guidelines
for the assessment of
permanent impairment
under this Act to take
*No. 4 of 1988
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effect following the
completion of certain
training -
and includes any appendices
attached to the document when
the Board approved the
guidelines;
October 2011 guidelines means the
document, relating to the
assessment of permanent
impairment under this Act, that
was -
(a) referred to, at a meeting
of the Board on
20 September 2011, as
"Version 3 of the
Tasmanian `Guidelines
for the Assessment of
Permanent Impairment'";
and
(b) approved by the Board at
that meeting as guidelines
for the assessment of
permanent impairment
under this Act to take
effect on
1 October 2011 -
and includes any appendices
attached to the document when
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the Board approved the
guidelines.
(2) Any guidelines for the assessment of
permanent impairment under this Act in
force before 1 April 2011 are to be taken
to have been revoked immediately before
that day.
(3) The April 2011 guidelines are to be
taken -
(a) to have been validly issued by the
Board on 1 April 2011 and to
have been in effect as guidelines
for the assessment of permanent
impairment under this Act on and
from that date until immediately
before 1 October 2011; and
(b) to have been revoked
immediately before
1 October 2011.
(4) The October 2011 guidelines are to be
taken to have been validly issued by the
Board on 20 September 2011 and to have
taken effect as guidelines for the
assessment of permanent impairment
under this Act on and from
1 October 2011.
(5) Nothing in this section is to be taken to
prevent the Board revoking the October
2011 guidelines.
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(6) An assessment of permanent impairment
is not made, or to be taken to have been
made, under this Act or the Asbestos-
Related Diseases (Occupational
Exposure) Compensation Act 2011
unless -
(a) if the assessment was undertaken
on or after 1 April 2011 and
before 1 October 2011, it was
made in accordance with the
April 2011 guidelines; or
(b) if the assessment was undertaken
on or after 1 October 2011 and
before the date on which this
section commences, it was made
in accordance with the October
2011 guidelines.
5. Repeal of Act
This Act is repealed on the ninetieth day from
the day on which it commences.
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