South Australian Numbered Regulations

WORKERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION REGULATIONS 2010 (NO 154 OF 2010)

- under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Interpretation
   4.      Indexation

   PART 2--Claims and registration

   5.      Contract of service and other terms (section 3 of Act)
   6.      Exclusions (section 3 of Act)
   7.      Average weekly earnings (section 4 of Act)
   8.      Evidentiary provision (section 31 of Act)
   9.      Registration of employers (section 59 of Act)
   10.     Agencies of the Crown (section 61 of Act)
   11.     Registration (section 62 of Act)
   12.     Special provisions relating to self-insured employers (sections 50 and 60 of Act)
   13.     Remission of levy (section 66 of Act)
   14.     Payment of levies (Part 5 Division 6 of Act)
   15.     Penalty for late payment of levy (section 71 of Act)
   16.     Discontinuance fee (section 76AA of Act)
   17.     Volunteers (section 103A of Act)
   18.     Insurance for employers against liabilities apart from Act (section 105 of Act)
   19.     Expiation of section 59 offences (section 122A of Act)
   20.     Interest payable under transitional provisions (Schedule 1 of Act)

   PART 3--Rehabilitation

   21.     Interpretation
   22.     Standards and requirements--Rehabilitation programs (section 28C of Act)
   23.     Standards and requirements--Rehabilitation and return to work plans (section 28C of Act)
   24.     Amendment to programs and plans
   25.     Rehabilitation and return to work co-ordinators--filling of vacancies (section 28D of Act)
   26.     Rehabilitation and return to work co-ordinators--exemptions from requirements (section 28D of Act)

   PART 4--Dispute resolution

   27.     Notice of dispute and other applications (sections 90, 90A and 97 of Act)
   28.     Nomination of person to reconsider a disputed decision (section 91 of Act)
   29.     Costs (sections 95 and 97C of Act)

   PART 5--General

   30.     Indexation (section 3 of Act)
   31.     Designated courts (section 6B of Act)
   32.     Medical expenses--accommodation costs (section 32 of Act)
   33.     Transportation for initial treatment (section 33 of Act)
   34.     Compensation for property damage (section 34 of Act)
   35.     Notices
   36.     Recovery of certain amounts paid to workers (sections 32A, 36 and 50H of Act)
   37.     Absence from Australia (section 41 of Act)
   38.     Prescribed limits on costs--Provision of professional advice (section 42 of Act)
   39.     Lump sum compensation (section 43 of Act)
   40.     Compensation payable on death (sections 44, 45A and 45B of Act)
   41.     Exemption from 2 weeks of payments (section 46 of Act)
   42.     Rate of interest payable on weekly payments in arrears (section 47 of Act)
   43.     Payments by Corporation on behalf of defaulting employers (section 48 of Act)
   44.     Period of notice if provisional weekly payments not commenced (section 50D of Act)
   45.     Substantive law (section 58AE of Act)
   46.     Notification by self-insured employers (section 63 of Act)
   47.     Constitution of Medical Panels (section 98 of Act)
   48.     Medical examination requested by employers (section 108 of Act)
   49.     Disclosure of information (section 112 of Act)
   50.     Noise induced hearing loss (section 113 of Act)

   PART 6--Transitional provisions (Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Scheme Review) Amendment Act 2008)

   51.     Interpretation
   52.     Transitional provision--Weekly payments
   53.     Transitional provision--Compensation payable on death--lump sums
   54.     Transitional provision--References to exempt employers
   55.     Transitional provision--lump sum compensation
           SCHEDULE 1--Self-insured employers terms and conditions of registration
           SCHEDULE 2--Terms and conditions for insurance of employers
           SCHEDULE 3--Forms
           SCHEDULE 4--Scale of entitlements--section 43(2) of Act
           SCHEDULE 5--Revocation and transitional provisions
           Legislative history