Employers Indemnity Policies (Premium Rates) Act 1990

Reprinted as at 4 October 2002


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Employers Indemnity Policies (Premium Rates) Act 1990

CONTENTS

1.Short title1

2.Commencement1

3.Interpretation1

4.Premium rates for composite policies may be determined2

5.Information2

6.Savings2

Notes

Compilation table3

 

 

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Employers Indemnity Policies (Premium Rates) Act 1990

An Act to provide for the determination of recommended premium rates for certain employer indemnity policies and for related purposes.

1.Short title

This Act may be cited as the Employers Indemnity Policies (Premium Rates) Act 1990 1.

2.Commencement

This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent 1.

3.Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears — 

employer indemnity policy means a policy of insurance that gives to an employer, in addition to the insurance required by the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1981 2, such insurance against liability arising under the Fatal Accidents Act 1959, the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1941, the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence and Tortfeasors’ Contribution) Act 1947, or at common law for personal injury sustained by a person employed by the employer under a contract of service or apprenticeship as may be specified in the policy;

employer means a person required by the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1981 2 to obtain and keep current a policy of insurance for liability to pay compensation under that Act;

expressions used in the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1981 2 have the same respective meanings as they have in that Act.

4.Premium rates for composite policies may be determined

(1)The Premium Rates Committee may determine recommended premium rates for employer indemnity policies that give such insurance, additional to the insurance required by the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1981 2, as is described in the determination.

(2)Different premium rates may be determined under subsection (1) according to the different categories or groups of businesses referred to in section 151 of the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1981 2.

5.Information

Information required by the Committee for the purposes of this Act may be obtained under the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1981 2 as if it were required for the purposes of that Act, and information that may be used for the purposes of that Act may be used for the purposes of this Act.

6.Savings

Nothing in this Act shall be construed as affecting the provisions of the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1981 2 relating to premium rates for insurance required by that Act.

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Notes

1This is a reprint as at 4 October 2002 of the Employers Indemnity Policies (Premium Rates) Act 1990. The following table contains information about that Act.

Compilation table

Short title

Number and year

Assent

Commencement

Employers Indemnity Policies (Premium Rates) Act 1990

69 of 1990

17 Dec 1990

17 Dec 1990 (see s. 2)

2Formerly referred to the Workers’ Compensation and Assistance Act 1981 the short title of which was changed to the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1981 by the Workers’ Compensation and Assistance Amendment Act 1990 s. 5. The reference was changed under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(3)(gb).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By Authority: JOHN A. STRIJK, Government Printer