Western Australia

Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981

Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2023

Western Australia

Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2023

Contents

1.Citation1

2.Commencement1

3.Regulations amended1

4.Regulation 66A amended2

Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981

Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2023

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.Citation

These regulations are the Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Amendment Regulations (No. 3) 2023.

2.Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a)regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these regulations are published on the WA legislation website;

(b)the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3.Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Regulations 1982.

4.Regulation 66A amended

In regulation 66A delete the Table and insert:

Table

Column 1 Disease	Column 2 Qualifying period
Malignant mesothelioma	15 years
Primary site cervical cancer	10 years
Primary site lung cancer	15 years
Primary site ovarian cancer	10 years
Primary site pancreatic cancer	10 years
Primary site penile cancer	15 years
Primary site skin cancer	15 years
Primary site thyroid cancer	10 years

V. MOLAN, Clerk of the Executive Council