New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1987 - SECT 9AB

9AB Recognition of determination of State of connection in another State

(1) If a designated court makes a determination of the State with which a worker's employment is connected for the purposes of a corresponding law, that State is to be recognised for the purposes of section 9AA as the State with which the worker's employment is connected.

(2) This section does not prevent or affect the operation of a determination of the State with which a worker's employment is connected for the purposes of section 9AA made by the Commission or a court of this State before the determination is made by a designated court.

(3) This section does not prevent any appeal relating to any such determination of a designated court. If the determination is altered on appeal, the altered determination is to be recognised under subsection (1).

(4) In this section--

"corresponding law" means the provisions of the statutory workers compensation scheme of another State that corresponds with section 9AA.

"designated court" means--

(a) the Supreme Court of a State in which a corresponding law is in force, or

(b) a court, tribunal or other decision-making body of a State in which a corresponding law is in force that is declared by the regulations to be a designated court for the purposes of this section.

"State" includes Territory.