Queensland Numbered Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION (NATIONAL INJURY INSURANCE SCHEME) AMENDMENT ACT 2016 - SECT 7

7 Amendment of s 71 (Issue or renewal of licence to a single employer)

(1) Section 71(1)(e), from ‘unconditional’ to ‘deposit’—
omit, insert—
security

(2) Section 71—
insert—

(3A) If, for a single employer, the Regulator is not satisfied of the matter mentioned in subsection (1)(a) only, the Regulator may still issue a licence to be a self-insurer to the employer if—

(a) the employer held a licence (the
"former licence" ) to be a self-insurer under this section within the previous 5 years; and

(b) the former licence was not cancelled under this Act; and

(c) after the former licence ended, the employer was not at any time a related body corporate with another employer for the purpose of the grant of a licence to be a self-insurer under section 72; and

(d) the Regulator is satisfied the number of full-time workers employed in Queensland by the employer is at least the number of full-time workers that were required under subsection (1)(a) as in force when the former licence was granted.

(3B) Also, the Regulator may renew a licence to be a self-insurer issued to a single employer under subsection (4) who fails to satisfy the Regulator only of the matter mentioned in subsection (1)(a) if the Regulator is still satisfied of the matter mentioned in subsection (4)(d).

(3) Section 71(3A) to (5)—
renumber as section 71(4) to (7).