Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 677

677 Application of s 72 to current applications by group employers

(1) Subsection (2) applies to an application for the issue or renewal of a licence to be a self-insurer that—

(a) was made by a group employer before the commencement; and

(b) has not been decided under section 72 at the commencement.

(2) The Authority must decide the application under section 72 as in force after the commencement.

(3) Subsection (4) applies to the following—

(a) a decision of the Authority under section 77 relating to—

(i) a submission made by a group employer under section 77 before the commencement for which the Authority has not made a decision under section 77(4) at the commencement; or

(ii) a submission made by a group employer under section 77 after the commencement (if the period within which the submission may be made under that section ends after the commencement);

(b) a decision of the Authority under section 80 relating to—

(i) a submission made by a group employer under section 80 before the commencement for which the Authority has not made a decision under section 80(4) at the commencement; or

(ii) a submission made by a group employer under section 80 after the commencement (if the period within which the submission may be made under that section ends after the commencement).

(4) The Authority must make the decision on the basis of section 72 as in force after the commencement as if that had been the law in force when the matter the subject of the submission was decided.