Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) When applying for approval as a self-insurer in accordance with section 376(2)(a) or (c) or (3), an employer may elect to assume the liability for, and the responsibility for management of, its tail claims.
(2) An employer who—
(a) makes an election under subsection (1); and
(b) gives the Authority a guarantee in accordance with section 399 in respect of its tails claims on or before the approval of the employer as a self-insurer takes effect under section 382(1)—
assumes liability for, and responsibility for management of, its tails claims.
Note
If a self-insurer assumes liability for its tail claims, the self-insurer may exercise its powers and functions under this Act or the Accident Compensation Act 1985 in relation to the injury or death to which a tail claim relates as if the injury or death were one to which section 391 applies.
(3) If an employer that is approved as a self-insurer has not made an election under subsection (1), the Authority—
(a) retains the liability for, and the responsibility for management of, the tail claims of the employer; and
(b) if the employer—
(i) is the holding company of an eligible subsidiary that is a self-insurer; and
(ii) ceases to be a self-insurer—
assumes the liability for, and the responsibility for management of, the tail claims of the eligible subsidiary.
(4) In this section—
"former self-insurer" means an eligible subsidiary of an employer that was a self-insurer before it became an eligible subsidiary of the employer;
"tail claim", of an employer, means a claim, whenever made—
(a) in respect of an injury or death incurred or suffered—
(i) by a worker employed by the employer, or an eligible subsidiary of the employer, before the date on which the approval of the employer as a self-insurer takes effect under section 382(1); or
(ii) by a worker employed by a former self-insurer before it became an eligible subsidiary of the employer; or
(iii) if the employer makes an election to assume the tail claims of a former self-insurer, by a worker employed by the former self-insurer before the transfer date or before the date on which a former self-insurer ceased to be a self-insurer, which ever first occurs; or
(iv) if the employer does not make an election, by a worker before the Authority assumed the tail claims of a former self-insurer under section 403 ;
(v) by a worker
that were assumed by a former self-insurer before it became an eligible
subsidiary of the employer, whether by agreement with the Authority or
under this section or section 396, 397 or 398 of this Act or section 150 or
150A of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 ; and
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(b) that entitles the worker, the dependants of the worker or the members of the worker's family to—
(i) compensation or any other payments under this Act (other than section 576 or 578) or the Accident Compensation Act 1985 (other than section 242AB or 242AD); or
(ii) damages at common law as permitted by and in accordance with Division 2 of Part 7 (other than sections 348 to 356 inclusive) or section 366 of this Act or section 134AB or 135C of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 ;
"transfer date" means the date agreed between the Authority and the employer as the date on which the liability for, and the responsibility of the management of, the tail claims of a former self-insurer are to be assumed by the employer.