Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 486A

486A Codes of practice

(1) The Minister may make codes of practice under this Act.

(2) A code of practice may state action to be taken by an insurer, employer or other person in performing functions, exercising powers or complying with obligations under this Act.

Examples—

A code of practice may state action to be taken in relation to the following—

(a) training and development for claims managers or other staff or contractors;

(b) referring workers to early support services for psychiatric or psychological injuries;

(c) managing complaints against providers of workplace rehabilitation services or employers.

(3) In particular, a code of practice may prescribe, for a reasonable steps offence, steps that are reasonable steps.

(4) A code of practice is taken to be subordinate legislation that is exempt subordinate legislation.

(5) The Minister must review a code of practice at least once every 5 years.

(6) In this section—

"reasonable steps offence" means—

(a) an offence against—

(i) section 220 (1) ; or

(ii) section 228 (1) (b) or (c) ; or

(iii) section 229A ; or

(iv) section 232AB (1) ; or

(v) section 232AC (2) ; or

(b) an offence prescribed by regulation to be a reasonable steps offence.