Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) For the purposes
of this Act, an account called the Workers’ Compensation and Injury
Management General Account is to be established —
(a) as
an agency special purpose account under section 16 of the
Financial Management Act 2006 ; or
(b) with
the approval of the Treasurer, at a bank as defined in section 3 of that Act.
(2) There shall be
credited to the General Account —
[(a) deleted]
(b) all
moneys, other than moneys payable to the Workers’ Compensation and
Injury Management Trust Account, whether from levies, contributions,
penalties, fines, interest or other sources, received by or for WorkCover WA
in the exercise of its functions under this Act; and
(c) all
moneys borrowed by WorkCover WA under section 101A; and
(d) any
moneys required to be transferred to the General Account under section 6A(1)
of the Employers’ Indemnity Supplementation Fund Act 1980 ; and
(e) the
proceeds of any insurance policy effected under section 101(caa); and
(f) any
moneys required to be transferred to the General Account under section 72J(7).
(3) There shall be
paid from moneys standing to the credit of the General Account —
(a) all
moneys required for the remuneration and allowances of members of the
governing body of WorkCover WA and of WorkCover WA’s staff; and
(b)
compensation payable by the General Account to a worker pursuant to this Act;
and
(c) the
costs and expenses incurred in the operation and administration of the
District Court in dealing with appeals under Part XIII; and
(ca)
interest on and repayments of money borrowed by WorkCover WA under
section 101A and charges in respect of such borrowings; and
(d) the
costs of and incidental to proceedings instituted by WorkCover WA under this
Act; and
(da) any
moneys required to be transferred to the Employers’ Indemnity
Supplementation Fund under section 6A(2) of the
Employers’ Indemnity Supplementation Fund Act 1980 ; and
(db) the
premiums due under any insurance policy effected under section 101(caa) ; and
(e) all
other moneys, except those to be charged to the Trust Account, required by
WorkCover WA for carrying out its functions under this Act; and
(f) any
other moneys so required to be paid under this Act or any other enactment.
(4) The amount of the
costs and expenses referred to in subsection (3)(c) is to be —
(a)
determined in the manner approved by the Treasurer after consultation with the
chief executive officer of WorkCover WA and the chief executive officer of the
department principally assisting the Minister in the administration of the
District Court of Western Australia Act 1969 ; and
(b)
credited to the Consolidated Account.
[Section 106 amended: No. 79 of 1983 s. 3; No. 104
of 1984 s. 6; No. 86 of 1986 s. 9; No. 96 of 1990 s. 26; No. 1 of 1993 s. 14;
No. 48 of 1993 s. 28(1); No. 49 of 1996 s. 64; No. 42 of 2004 s. 98 and 150;
No. 77 of 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 189(3), (4) and (9); No. 31 of 2011 s. 30 and 99;
No. 8 of 2018 s. 7.]