Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 105B

105B Non-scheme employer continues to be self-insurer for 12 months

(1) The non-scheme employer is taken to continue to be a self-insurer for 12 months from the exit date for the purposes of the injuries mentioned in subsection (3) .

(2) For subsection (1) , the self-insurer’s licence of the non-scheme employer (the
"continued licence" ) continues until it is cancelled under section 105E .

(3) The non-scheme employer is liable for compensation and damages for the total of the accrued, continuing, future and contingent liabilities for all injuries sustained by a worker employed by the non-scheme employer that arise from an event happening or ending during the period the non-scheme employer was licensed as a self-insurer but before the exit date.

(4) The non-scheme employer continues to have the functions and powers of a self-insurer under section 92 or 92A for the injuries mentioned in subsection (3) for the period of 12 months after the exit date.