Western Australia
Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Amendment Act 2000
CONTENTS
1. Short title 1
2. Commencement 2
3. The Act amended 2
4. Section 93E amended 2
Western Australia
Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Amendment Act 2000
No. 44 of 2000
An Act to amend the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1981.
[Assented to 17 November 2000]
The Parliament of Western Australia enacts as follows:
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Amendment Act 2000.
2. Commencement
(1) Except as stated in subsection (2), this Act is deemed to have come into operation on the day on which section 32 of the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Amendment Act 1999 came into operation.
(2) Section 1, this section, and section 4(2)(b) come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
3. The Act amended
The amendments in this Act are to the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1981*.
[* Reprinted as at 29 January 1999.
For subsequent amendments see Acts Nos. 33 and 34 of 1999.]
4. Section 93E amended
(1) Section 93E(1) is amended, in the definition of “agreed”, by deleting “93D(9)” and inserting instead —
“ 93D(12) ”.
(2) Section 93E(6) is amended as follows:
(a) by deleting paragraph (b) and inserting the following paragraph instead —
“
(b) although a question of whether the degree of disability is not less than 16% was referred to the Director under section 93D(5) not less than 21 days before the termination day, at the end of the seventh day before the termination day the Director has not given the worker notice in writing that an agreement or determination of the question has been recorded,
”;
(b) by deleting “7” and inserting instead —
“ 14 ”.
(c) by deleting “dispute is resolved.” and inserting instead —
“
Director gives the worker notice in writing that an agreement or determination of the question has been recorded.
”.
