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WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 94

94 .         WorkCover Western Australia Authority, nature of etc.

        (1)         When section 81(1) of the Workers’ Compensation Reform Act 2004 comes into operation, the name of the body corporate that was previously called the “Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Commission” becomes the “WorkCover Western Australia Authority”, but the corporate identity of the body corporate and its rights and obligations are not affected by the change.

        (2)         The WorkCover Western Australia Authority —

            (a)         is a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal; and

            (b)         may acquire, hold, and dispose of real and personal property; and

            (c)         may sue and be sued in its corporate name; and

            (d)         may, subject to the directions of the Minister, exercise and discharge the powers, authorities, functions, and duties conferred or imposed upon it by this Act.

        (2a)         The WorkCover Western Australia Authority is an agent of the State and has the status, immunities, and privileges of the State.

        (2b)         The WorkCover Western Australia Authority is to have a governing body that, in the name of the WorkCover Western Australia Authority, is to perform the functions of the WorkCover Western Australia Authority under this Act or any other written law.

        (3)         Notwithstanding subsection (1), the WorkCover Western Australia Authority may use and operate under the name “WorkCover Western Australia”, which it may abbreviate as “WorkCover WA” or “WorkCover”.

        (4)         A person other than WorkCover WA who uses or operates under the name mentioned in subsection (1), or any name that is so similar that it is likely to be misunderstood as referring to WorkCover WA, commits an offence.

        [Section 94 amended: No. 86 of 1986 s. 8; No. 48 of 1993 s. 40; No. 42 of 2004 s. 81 and 150.]



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