Employers Indemnity Policies (Premium Rates) Act 1990

Western Australia

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 Injury Management Act 1981, 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 Injury Management Act 1981 to obtain and keep current a policy of insurance for liability to pay compensation under that Act;

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

[Section 3 amended by No. 42 of 2004 s. 174.]

4.Premium rates for composite policies may be determined

(1)WorkCover WA may determine recommended premium rates for employer indemnity policies that give such insurance, additional to the insurance required by the Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981, 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 Injury Management Act 1981.

[Section 4 amended by No. 42 of 2004 s. 158(1 and 174).]

5.Information

Information required by WorkCover WA for the purposes of this Act may be obtained under the Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981 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.

[Section 5 amended by No. 42 of 2004 s. 158(2) and 174.]

6.Savings

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

[Section 6 amended by No. 42 of 2004 s. 174.]

Notes

1This is a compilation of the Employers Indemnity Policies (Premium Rates) Act 1990. The following table contains information about that Act and any reprint.

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)
Reprint of the Employers Indemnity Policies (Premium Rates) Act 1990 as at 4 Oct 2002
Workers’ Compensation Reform Act 2004 s. 158 and 174	42 of 2004	9 Nov 2004	4 Jan 2005 (see s. 2 and Gazette 31 Dec 2004 p. 7131)