Western Australian Current Regulations

WORKERS COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 2024 - REG 99

99 .         Information reasonably required by licensed insurers (Act s. 236(3))

        (1)         In this regulation —

        contractor and principal have the meanings given in section 214 of the Act.

        (2)         Information that an insurer reasonably requires for the purposes of the issue or renewal of a workers compensation policy or the provision of a quote of premium is as follows —

            (a)         a description of the nature of the business carried on by the employer;

            (b)         a description of the activities performed by the employer’s workers;

            (c)         a statement as to whether the employer holds a current workers compensation policy;

            (d)         if the employer does not hold a current workers compensation policy — information as to whether the employer has ever held a workers compensation policy;

            (e)         information regarding the aggregate annual remuneration paid to workers for each of the previous 5 years;

            (f)         the total number of workers compensation claims made by the employer’s workers for each of the previous 5 years (if any);

            (g)         information about the employer’s work health and safety management plan, if any, prepared by the employer in accordance with the Work Health and Safety Act 2020 ;

            (h)         subject to subregulation (3), if the employer is a contractor or a principal to whom section 215 of the Act applies, information regarding —

                  (i)         the aggregate amount of remuneration paid to workers for work done under the contract; and

                  (ii)         the industry classification of the work to be done under the contract;

                  (i)         if a company applies to issue or renew a workers compensation policy on the basis that a director of the company is a worker — information that shows that the director is remunerated for providing personal manual labour or services;

            (j)         information regarding any contractual indemnities entered into by the employer or for which indemnity is intended to be provided to a principal or other third party in the employer’s workers compensation policy, if permitted by the Act or the insurer.

        (3)         Subregulation (2)(h) does not apply if the employer is a principal to whom section 221 of the Act applies.