Workers' Compensation (Silicosis) Act 1942
Reprint No 1 4 March 1976
Reprint No 2 30 January 1979
Reprint No 3 24 June 1982
Reprint No 4 19 September 1985
Reprint No 5 28 November 1988
Reprint No 6 18 September 1991
Reprint No 7 31 May 1993
Reprint No 8 1 July 1996
Reprint No 9 21 December 1999
Reprint No 10 27 September 2005
The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
Am | amended | LW | legislation website | Sch | Schedule |
Cl | clause | No | number | Schs | Schedules |
Cll | clauses | p | page | Sec | section |
Div | Division | pp | pages | Secs | sections |
Divs | Divisions | Reg | Regulation | Subdiv | Subdivision |
GG | Government Gazette | Regs | Regulations | Subdivs | Subdivisions |
Ins | inserted | Rep | repealed | Subst | substituted |
1942 | No 31 | Workers' Compensation (Silicosis) Amendment
Act
1942. Assented to 23.12.1942. Date of commencement, 1.1.1943, sec 1 (4) and GG No 172 of 24.12.1942, p 3237. |
1945 | No 20 | Workers' Compensation (Amendment)
Act
1945. Assented to 5.4.1945. Date of commencement, 1.5.1945, sec 1 (2) and GG No 42 of 27.4.1945, p 777; date of commencement of sec 3, 1.7.1945, sec 3 (3) and GG No 65 of 29.6.1945, p 1095. |
1946 | No 41 | Workers' Compensation (Amendment)
Act
1946. Assented to 21.5.1946. Date of commencement of sec 3 (1), 1.7.1945, sec 3 (2). |
1953 | No 28 | Workers' Compensation (Silicosis) Amendment
Act
1953. Assented to 11.12.1953. Date of commencement, 1.1.1952, sec 1 (3). |
1957 | No 26 | Workers' Compensation (Silicosis) Amendment
Act
1957. Assented to 30.4.1957. Date of commencement, 1.6.1957, sec 1 (3) and GG No 61 of 31.5.1957, p 1683. |
1958 | No 19 | Workers' Compensation (Silicosis) Amendment Act 1958. Assented to 11.4.1958. |
1965 | No 33 | Decimal Currency
Act
1965. Assented to 20.12.1965. Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2). |
1967 | No 98 | Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases)
Amendment Act
1967. Assented to 18.12.1967. Date of commencement of Part 2, 29.2.1968, sec 5 (4) and GG No 20 of 16.2.1968, p 570. |
1970 | No 67 | Workers' Compensation (Amendment)
Act
1970. Assented to 24.11.1970. Date of commencement, secs 15 and 18 excepted, 3.12.1970, sec 1 (2) and GG No 153 of 27.11.1970, p 4759. |
1971 | No 77 | Workers' Compensation (Amendment)
Act
1971. Assented to 21.9.1971. Date of commencement of sec 6, 13.1.1972, sec 1 (2) and GG No 1 of 7.1.1975, p 1. |
1975 | No 44 | Workers' Compensation (Amendment)
Act
1975. Assented to 18.4.1975. Date of commencement of sec 10, 1.5.1975, sec 2 (3) and GG No 61 of 24.4.1975, p 1579. |
No 104 | Workers' Compensation (Further Amendment)
Act
1975. Assented to 18.12.1975. Date of commencement of Sch 8, 2.1.1976, sec 2 (2) and GG No 2 of 2.1.1976, p 12. | |
1977 | No 123 | Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases) Amendment Act 1977. Assented to 9.12.1977. |
1981 | No 74 | Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases)
Amendment Act
1981. Assented to 28.5.1981. Date of commencement of Sch 1 (2), 17.12.1980, sec 2 (4). |
1983 | No 153 | Miscellaneous Acts (Public Finance and Audit) Repeal
and
Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 29.12.1983. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 6.1.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 4 of 6.1.1984, p 19. |
No 208 | Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases) Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 31.12.1983. | |
1984 | No 93 | Miscellaneous Acts (Workers' Compensation)
Amendment Act
1984. Assented to 28.6.1984. Date of commencement of Sch 1, Part 1 (except as provided by sec 2 (3)), 3.12.1984, sec 2 (3) and GG No 167 of 30.11.1984, p 5791. |
No 153 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1984. Assented to 10.12.1984. | |
1985 | No 94 | Miscellaneous Acts (Workers' Compensation)
Amendment Act
1985. Assented to 5.6.1985. Date of commencement of Sch 1 (except as provided by sec 2 (2)), 30.6.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 93 of 14.6.1985, p 2596. |
1987 | No 48 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No
1)
1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 32 (except as provided by sec 2 (13)), 11.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809. |
No 84 | Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases)
Amendment Act
1987. Assented to 10.6.1987. Date of commencement, 30.6.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 102 of 17.6.1987, p 2944. | |
1988 | No 132 | Workers Compensation (Amendment) Act
1988. Assented to 30.12.1988. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942, 1.7.1989, sec 2 (1) and GG No 81 of 30.6.1989, p 3822. |
1989 | No 64 | Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases)
Amendment Act
1989. Assented to 23.5.1989. Date of commencement, 26.4.1991, sec 2 and GG No 59 of 19.4.1991, p 2933. |
No 119 | Workers Compensation (Compensation Court) Amendment
Act
1989. Assented to 24.8.1989. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.10.1989, sec 2 (1) and GG No 94 of 15.9.1989, p 6958. | |
No 121 | WorkCover Legislation (Amendment) Act
1989. Assented to 24.8.1989. Date of commencement, 1.1.1990, sec 2 and GG No 124 of 22.12.1989, p 11040. | |
No 133 | Workers Compensation (Benefits) Amendment
Act
1989. Assented to 5.9.1989. Date of commencement of Sch 10 (1) (a), 25.5.1992, sec 2 (1) and GG No 55 of 1.5.1992, p 2988; date of commencement of Sch 10 (1) (b)-(f) and (2), 1.10.1989, sec 2 (1) and GG No 98 of 29.9.1989, p 7777. | |
1991 | No 99 | Workers Compensation (Benefits) Amendment
Act
1991. Assented to 17.12.1991. Date of commencement of Sch 6, 1.2.1992, sec 2 and GG No 15 of 31.1.1992, p 518. |
1992 | No 36 | Workers Compensation Legislation (Amendment)
Act
1992. Assented to 18.5.1992. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.1992, sec 2 and GG No 72 of 19.6.1992, p 4069. |
No 112 | Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
1994 | No 6 | Workers Compensation Legislation (Miscellaneous
Amendments) Act
1994. Assented to 2.5.1994. Date of commencement of Sch 3 (Sch 3 (3) and (6) excepted), assent, sec 2; date of commencement of Sch 3 (3) and (6), 1.9.1994, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 12.8.1994, p 4226. |
No 10 | Workers Compensation Legislation (Amendment)
Act
1994. Assented to 4.5.1994. Date of commencement, 1.9.1994, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 12.8.1994, p 4225. | |
1995 | No 30 | Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment
Act
1995. Assented to 19.6.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 14, 1.9.1995, sec 2 and GG No 105 of 1.9.1995, p 5049. |
No 89 | WorkCover Legislation Amendment Act
1995. Assented to 20.12.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 7, 1.2.1996, sec 2 (1) and GG No 155 of 20.12.1995, p 8675. | |
1996 | No 30 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1996. Assented to 21.6.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3). |
No 120 | WorkCover Legislation Amendment Act
1996. Assented to 3.12.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 2.9, 12.1.1997, sec 2 and GG No 4 of 10.1.1997, p 49. | |
1998 | No 85 | Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment
Act
1998. Assented to 14.7.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.8.1998, sec 2 and GG No 115 of 31.7.1998, p 5747. |
No 130 | Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment (Dust
Diseases and
Other Matters) Act 1998. Assented to 26.11.1998. Date of commencement, 1.12.1998, sec 2 and GG No 165 of 27.11.1998, p 9016. | |
1999 | No 31 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1). |
2000 | No 44 | Intergovernmental
Agreement
Implementation (GST) Act 2000. Assented to 27.6.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 12, 30.6.2000, sec 2 (2). |
No 87 | Workers Compensation
Legislation
Amendment Act 2000. Assented to 6.12.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 23.3, 4.3.2001, sec 2 (1) and GG No 41 of 23.2.2001, p 780. | |
2002 | No 23 | Compensation Court Repeal
Act
2002. Assented to 21.6.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 1.14, 1.1.2004, sec 2 (2). |
No 129 | Coal Mine Health and Safety
Act
2002. Assented to 16.12.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 2.19, 23.12.2006, sec 2 and GG No 189 of 22.12.2006, p 11542. Amended by Mine Health and Safety Act 2004 No 74. Assented to 28.9.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 3 [67[#93], 22.12.2006, sec 2 and GG No 189 of 22.12.2006, p 11544. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 No 27. Assented to 4.7.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2). | |
2003 | No 29 | Workers Compensation
Legislation
Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 8.7.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.8.2003, sec 2 and GG No 121 of 1.8.2003, p 7530. |
2004 | No 111 | Workers Compensation and
Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 15.12.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1). |
2005 | No 28 | Civil Procedure
Act
2005. Assented to 1.6.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 5.54, 15.8.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 100 of 10.8.2005, p 4205. |
No 64 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 1.51, assent, sec 2 (2). | |
2007 | No 94 | Miscellaneous Acts (Local
Court)
Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009. |
2010 | No 19 | Relationships Register
Act
2010. Assented to 19.5.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2). |
No 134 | Workers' Compensation
(Dust
Diseases) Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 7.12.2010. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. | |
2012 | No 54 | Safety, Return to Work and
Support
Board Act 2012. Assented to 27.6.2012. Date of commencement, 1.8.2012, sec 2 and 2012 (337) LW 27.7.2012. |
2013 | No 54 | Work Health and Safety (Mines)
Act
2013. Assented to 1.7.2013. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.2.2015, sec 2 and 2014 (786) LW 12.12.2014. |
2015 | No 19 | State Insurance and Care
Governance
Act 2015. Assented to 21.8.2015. Date of commencement of Sch 10, 1.9.2015, sec 2 and 2015 (524) LW 28.8.2015. |
No 43 | Work Health and Safety (Mines
and
Petroleum) Legislation Amendment (Harmonisation) Act
2015. Assented to 2.11.2015. Date of commencement, 1.2.2016, sec 2 and 2016 (46) LW 29.1.2016. | |
2018 | No 28 | Miscellaneous Acts
Amendment
(Marriages) Act 2018. Assented to 15.6.2018. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
No 70 | Government Sector Finance
Legislation
(Repeal and Amendment) Act 2018. Assented to 22.11.2018. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.12.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (673) LW 30.11.2018. | |
2019 | No 14 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
Act (No 2) 2019. Assented to 21.11.2019. Date of commencement of Sch 1.27, 5.8.2015, Sch 1.27. |
2022 | (455) | Workers' Compensation (Dust
Diseases) Amendment (Scheduled
Diseases) Regulation 2022. LW 12.8.2022. Date of commencement, on publication on LW, sec 2. |
No 53 | Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases)
Amendment Act
2022. Assented to 18.10.2022. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2. |
(a) by a Regulation under sec 10 (3), and
(b) pursuant to an order under secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (formerly Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 23.2.1976, and published in GG No 26 of 27.2.1976, p 869, declaring that--(i) the Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 applies, and(ii) the Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942, sec 8 (1) (c) excepted, is an enactment to which sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 applies.
Sec 1 | Am 1970 No 67, sec 14 (1) (a); 1983 No 208, Sch 2 (1); 1987 No 84, Sch 1 (1). |
Sec 2 | Am 1967 No 98, sec 3 (1) (a); 1983 No 208, Sch 2 (2). |
Sec 3 | Am 1942 No 31, sec 3 (a); 1957 No 26, sec 2 (a); 1967 No 98, sec 3 (1) (b); 1983 No 208, Schs 1 (1), 2 (3); 1989 No 121, Sch 1 (1); 1994 No 6, Sch 3 (1); 1995 No 89, Sch 7 (2)-(4); 1998 No 85, Sch 2.13 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 1998 No 130, Sch 6 [1[#93]-[3[#93]; 2002 No 129, Sch 2.19 [1[#93] (subst 2004 No 74, Sch 3 [67[#93]) [2[#93] (subst 2004 No 74, Sch 3 [67[#93]); 2010 No 19, Sch 3.127 [1[#93]-[4[#93]; 2013 No 54, Sch 3.16; 2015 No 19, Sch 10 [2[#93] [3[#93]; 2015 No 43, Sch 4.14; 2018 No 28, Sch 1.43 [1[#93] [2[#93]. |
Sec 4 | Rep 1957 No 26, sec 2 (b). |
Sec 5 | Am 1957 No 26, sec 2 (c); 1958 No 19, sec 2 (a); 1967 No 98, secs 3 (1) (c), 5 (1) (a); 1983 No 208, Schs 1 (2), 2 (4); 1989 No 121, Sch 1 (2); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1994 No 10, Sch 6 (1); 1998 No 130, Sch 6 [4[#93] [5[#93]. Subst 2015 No 19, Sch 10 [4[#93]. |
Sec 5AA | Ins 1994 No 6, Sch 3 (2). Subst 2015 No 19, Sch 10 [4[#93]. |
Secs 5AB, 5AC | Ins 2015 No 19, Sch 10 [4[#93]. |
Sec 5A | Ins 1983 No 208, Sch 1 (3). Am 1994 No 10, Sch 6 (2). |
Sec 6 | Am 1942 No 31, sec 3 (b); 1945 No 20, sec 3 (1); 1946 No 41, sec 3 (1); 1953 No 28, sec 2 (a); 1957 No 26, sec 2 (d); 1967 No 98, secs 3 (1) (d), 5 (1) (b); 1975 No 104, Sch 8; 1981 No 74, Sch 1 (1); 1983 No 153, Sch 1; 1983 No 208, Schs 1 (4), 2 (5); 1987 No 84, Sch 1 (2); 1989 No 64, sec 3; 1989 No 121, Sch 1 (3); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1994 No 6, Sch 3 (3); 1994 No 10, Sch 6 (3); 1995 No 89, Sch 7 (5) (6); 1996 No 120, Sch 2.9 (1)-(3); 1998 No 85, Sch 2.13 [3[#93] [4[#93]; 1998 No 130, Sch 6 [6[#93]; 2000 No 87, Sch 23.3 [1[#93]-[5[#93]; 2002 No 129, Sch 2.19 [3[#93] (subst 2004 No 74, Sch 3 [67[#93]) [4[#93] (subst 2004 No 74, Sch 3 [67[#93]); 2005 No 64, Sch 1.51; 2012 No 54, Sch 3.7 [1[#93] [2[#93]; 2015 No 19, Sch 10 [5[#93]-[17[#93]; 2018 No 70, Sch 3.72. |
Sec 7 | Am 1942 No 31, sec 3 (c); 1957 No 26, sec 2 (e); 1958 No 19, sec 2 (b); 1967 No 98, sec 3 (1) (e); 1983 No 208, Schs 1 (5), 2 (6); 1989 No 121, Sch 1 (4); 1994 No 6, Sch 3 (4); 1994 No 10, Sch 6 (4); 2015 No 19, Sch 10 [7[#93] [18[#93] [19[#93]. |
Sec 8 | Am 1942 No 31, sec 3 (d); 1953 No 28, sec 2 (b); 1957 No 26, sec 2 (f); 1958 No 19, sec 2 (c); 1967 No 98, secs 3 (1) (f), 4, 5 (1) (c); 1970 No 67, sec 14 (1) (b); 1971 No 77, sec 6 (1); 1975 No 44, sec 10 (1); 1977 No 123, Sch 1; 1981 No 74, Sch 1 (2); 1983 No 208, Schs 1 (6), 2 (7); 1984 No 93, Sch 1, Part 1; 1984 No 153, Sch 16; 1987 No 84, Sch 1 (3); 1989 No 133, Sch 10 (1); 1991 No 99, Sch 6; 1992 No 36, Sch 2; 1994 No 10, Sch 6 (5); 1995 No 30, Sch 14; 1996 No 120, Sch 2.9 (4); 1998 No 85, Sch 2.13 [3[#93] [4[#93]; 1998 No 130, Sch 6 [7[#93]-[12[#93]; 2002 No 129, Sch 2.19 [2[#93] (subst 2004 No 74, Sch 3 [67[#93]); 2004 No 111, Sch 3 [1[#93]; 2010 No 134, Sch 1 [1[#93]-[3[#93]; 2015 No 19, Sch 10 [7[#93] [20[#93]; 2019 No 14, Sch 1.27; 2022 No 53, Sch 1[1[#93] [2[#93]. |
Sec 8A | Ins 1953 No 28, sec 2 (c). Am 1957 No 26, sec 2 (g); 1967 No 98, secs 3 (1) (g), 5 (1) (d); 1983 No 208, Sch 2 (8). |
Sec 8AA | Ins 1967 No 98, sec 5 (1) (e). Am 1983 No 208, Sch 2 (9); 1992 No 112, Sch 1. |
Sec 8B | Ins 1957 No 26, sec 2 (h). Am 1967 No 98, sec 3 (1) (h); 1983 No 208, Sch 2 (10). |
Sec 8C | Ins 1957 No 26, sec 2 (h). Am 1967 No 98, sec 3 (1) (i). |
Sec 8D | Ins 1957 No 26, sec 2 (h). Am 1967 No 98, sec 3 (1) (j); 1983 No 208, Sch 2 (11); 1987 No 84, Sch 1 (4). |
Sec 8E | Ins 1967 No 98, sec 5 (1) (f). Rep 1983 No 208, Sch 1 (7). Ins 1998 No 130, Sch 6 [13[#93]. Am 2003 No 29, Sch 4 [1[#93]-[7[#93]. |
Sec 8F | Ins 1967 No 98, sec 5 (1) (f). Am 1983 No 208, Sch 2 (12); 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Rep 1994 No 6, Sch 3 (5). |
Sec 8G | Ins 1967 No 98, sec 5 (1) (f). Am 1983 No 208, Sch 2 (13); 1999 No 31, Sch 4.107; 2007 No 94, Sch 4. |
Sec 8H | Ins 1967 No 98, sec 5 (1) (f). Am 1983 No 208, Schs 1 (8), 2 (14); 1984 No 93, Sch 1, Part 1; 1987 No 84, Sch 1 (5); 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 1989 No 121, Sch 1 (5); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 85, Sch 2.13 [5[#93]. Rep 2015 No 19, Sch 10 [21[#93]. |
Sec 8I | Ins 1983 No 208, Sch 1 (9). Am 1985 No 94, Sch 1; 1987 No 84, Sch 1 (6); 1989 No 119, Sch 2; 1994 No 10, Sch 6 (6); 2002 No 23, Sch 1.14; 2015 No 19, Sch 10 [22[#93]. |
Sec 9 | Am 1942 No 31, sec 3 (e); 1967 No 98, sec 3 (1) (k). |
Sec 9A | Ins 1994 No 6, Sch 3 (6). |
Sec 10 | Am 1958 No 19, sec 2 (d); 1967 No 98, secs 3 (1) (l), 5 (1) (g); 1983 No 208, Schs 1 (10), 2 (15); 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1987 No 84, Sch 1 (7); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1995 No 89, Sch 7 (7); 2002 No 129, Sch 2.19 [4[#93] (subst 2004 No 74, Sch 3 [67[#93]; am 2007 No 27, Sch 2.10 [4[#93]); 2015 No 19, Sch 10 [7[#93] [23[#93]. |
Sec 11 | Ins 1989 No 133, Sch 10 (2). |
Secs 12, 13 | Ins 1995 No 89, Sch 7 (8). |
Sch 1, heading | Subst 1995 No 89, Sch 7 (9). |
Sch 1 (previously Sch) | Ins 1967 No 98, sec 3 (1) (m). Am 1983 No 208, Sch 1 (11); GG No 199 of 31.12.1987, p 7272; 2022 (455), sec 3. |
Sch 1A | Ins 2003 No 29, Sch 4 [8[#93]. Am 2005 No 28, Sch 5.54. |
Sch 1B | Ins 2015 No 19, Sch 10 [24[#93]. |
Sch 2 | Ins 1995 No 89, Sch 7 (10). Am 1998 No 130, Sch 6 [14[#93] [15[#93]; 2000 No 44, Sch 12.4; 2003 No 29, Sch 4 [9[#93] [10[#93]; 2004 No 111, Sch 3 [2[#93]; 2010 No 134, Sch 1 [4[#93] [5[#93]; 2015 No 19, Sch 10 [25[#93] [26[#93]; 2022 No 53, Sch 1[3[#93]. |
The whole Act | Am 1995 No 89, Sch 7 (1) ("the Schedule" omitted wherever occurring, "Schedule 1" inserted instead). |
The whole Act (except secs 2 (3) (b) and 7 (1) and Sch 2) | Am 2015 No 19, Sch 10 [1[#93] ("board" and "board's" omitted wherever occurring, "Authority" and "Authority's" inserted instead, respectively) |