Queensland Numbered Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION (COAL WORKERS' PNEUMOCONIOSIS) AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2017 - SECT 32

32 Insertion of new ch 34

After chapter 33—
insert—

Chapter 34 - Transitional provisions for Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation (Coal Workers’ Pneumoconiosis) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017

727 Application of ch 3, pt 3, div 5

(1) Chapter 3, part 3, division 5 applies to a worker—

(a) whether the worker’s injury was sustained before or after the commencement; and

(b) whether the application for compensation for the injury was lodged before or after the commencement.

(2) However, if the worker’s injury was sustained before the commencement, chapter 3, part 3, division 5 applies to the worker only if the worker’s injury had not, before the commencement, been assessed under section 179 .

728 Application of ch 3, pt 10, div 5 Chapter 3, part 10, division 5 applies to a worker—

(a) whether the worker’s injury was sustained before or after the commencement; and

(b) whether the application for compensation for the injury was lodged before or after the commencement.

729 Working out worker’s pneumoconiosis score before commencement

(1) This section applies for the purpose of applying chapter 3, part 3, division 5 or part 10, division 5 to a worker whose injury was sustained before the commencement.

(2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that nothing in this Act prevents the worker’s pneumoconiosis score being worked out, after the commencement, as at a day before the commencement.