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WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION (SCHEME REVIEW) AMENDMENT ACT 2008 (NO 17 OF 2008) - SECT 36

36—Amendment of section 60—Self-insured employers

        (1)         Section 60(1)—delete "an exempt employer or as a group of exempt" and substitute:

a self-insured employer or as a group of self-insured

        (2)         Section 60(2)(a)(i)—delete "employing more than the prescribed number of workers"

        (3)         Section 60(2)(b)—delete paragraph (b) and substitute:

            (b)         in the case of an application by a group—

                  (i)         the members of the group are related bodies corporate or local government corporations; and

                  (ii)         if the members of the group are related bodies corporate—no related body corporate of any member of the group that employs a worker or workers in employment to which this Act applies is not a member of the group.

        (4)         Section 60(3)(b)(i)—delete "exempt" and substitute:

self-insured

        (5)         Section 60(3)—delete "an exempt employer or a group of exempt" and substitute

a self-insured employer or a group of self-insured

        (6)         Section 60(4)(a)(i)—delete "exempt" wherever occurring and substitute in each case:

self-insured

        (7)         Section 60(4)(b)—delete "exemption was granted" and substitute:

self-insured status was conferred

        (8)         Section 60(4)(b)—delete "exemption" second occurring and substitute:

conferral

        (9)         Section 60(4)—after paragraph (b) insert:

            (ba)         where self-insured status was conferred on a group of related bodies corporate—is subject to the condition that there is at no time a related body corporate to any member of the group that employs a worker or workers in employment to which this Act applies that is not a member of the group; and

            (bb)         is subject to a condition that the self-insured employer will comply with any code of conduct for self-insured employers determined by the Corporation from time to time and published in the Gazette; and

        (10)         Section 60—after subsection (4) insert:

        (4a)         The Corporation may, at any time, on the application of 2 or more self-insured employers, amend the registration of each self-insured employer so as to form a group on the ground that they are now related bodies corporate.

        (4b)         The Corporation may, at any time, on application by a group of self-insured employers, amend the registration of the group in order to—

            (a)         add another body corporate to the group (on the ground that the body corporate is now a related body corporate); or

            (b)         remove a body corporate from the group (on the ground that the body corporate is no longer a related body corporate); or

            (c)         amalgamate the registration of 2 or more groups (on the ground that all the bodies corporate are now related bodies corporate); or

            (d)         divide the registration of a group into 2 or more new groups (on the ground that the bodies corporate have separated into 2 or more groups of related bodies corporate).

        (11)         Section 60(5)—delete subsection (5) and substitute:

        (5)         The Corporation may revoke the registration of a self-insured employer or group of self-insured employers, or reduce the period of registration, if the employer, or a member of the group, (as the case requires) breaches or fails to comply with this Act or a term or condition of registration.

        (12)         Section 60(6)—delete "an exempt" and substitute:

a self-insured

        (13)         Section 60(6)—before paragraph (a) insert:

            (aa)         the number of employees employed by the employer or group;

        (14)         Section 60(6)—delete "exempt" second occurring and substitute:

self-insured

        (15)         Section 60(7)—delete "exempt" and substitute:

self-insured

        (16)         Section 60—after subsection (7) insert:

        (7a)         The Corporation may, on application by a group of self-insured employers, accept the nomination of another member of the group as the relevant employer under subsection (7).

        (17)         Section 60(9), definition of "related corporations —delete the definition and substitute:

"related bodies corporate" means—

            (a)         in the case of corporations—bodies corporate that are related bodies corporate under section 50 of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;

            (b)         in the case of any other kind of bodies corporate—bodies corporate that are associated entities under section 50AAA of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth.



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