Workers Compensation (Bush Fire, Emergency and Rescue Services) Act 1987 No 83

Effective date Publication date Amendments included Notes
16 June 2022 16 June 2022 2022 No 25
07 December 2018 07 December 2018 2018 No 93
01 December 2018 01 December 2018 2018 No 70
26 October 2018 26 October 2018 2018 No 59
01 September 2015 01 September 2015 2015 No 19
06 July 2009 06 July 2009 2007 No 94
10 December 2008 10 December 2008 2008 No 118
01 July 2005 01 July 2005 2005 No 64
01 January 2004 01 January 2004 2002 No 23
01 August 2003 01 August 2003 2003 No 29
01 August 1998 01 August 1998 1998 No 85

Workers Compensation (Bush Fire, Emergency and Rescue Services) Act 1987 No 83

Assented to 10.06.1987.

Date of commencement, secs 1 and 2 excepted, 30.6.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 102 of 17.6.1987, p 2945.

Motor Accidents and Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2022 No 25

Assented to 16.06.2022.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.2 assent, sec 2(1).

Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment (Firefighters) Act 2018 No 93

Assented to 28.11.2018.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.12.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (701) LW 7.12.2018.

Government Sector Finance Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2018 No 70

Assented to 22.11.2018.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.12.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (673) LW 30.11.2018.

Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Act 2018 No 59

Assented to 26.10.2018.

Date of commencement of Sch 5, assent, sec 2 (1).

State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015 No 19

Assented to 21.08.2015.

Date of commencement of Sch 11, 1.9.2015, sec 2 and 2015 (524) LW 28.8.2015.

Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment (Benefits) Act 2008 No 118

Assented to 10.12.2008.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 No 94

Assented to 13.12.2007.

Date of commencement of Sch 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2005 No 64

Assented to 01.07.2005.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.50, assent, sec 2 (2).

Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2003 No 29

Assented to 08.07.2003.

Date of commencement of Sch 5, 1.8.2003, sec 2 and GG No 121 of 1.8.2003, p 7530.

Compensation Court Repeal Act 2002 No 23

Assented to 21.06.2002.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.13, 1.1.2004, sec 2 (2).

Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 1998 No 85

Assented to 14.07.1998.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.8.1998, sec 2 and GG No 115 of 31.7.1998, p 5747.

Rural Fires Act 1997 No 65

Assented to 10.07.1997.

Date of commencement, 1.9.1997, sec 2 and GG No 95 of 29.8.1997, p 6644.

WorkCover Legislation Amendment Act 1996 No 120

Assented to 03.12.1996.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.8, 12.1.1997, sec 2 and GG No 4 of 10.1.1997, p 49.

Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 1995 No 30

Assented to 19.06.1995.

Date of commencement of Sch 13, 1.9.1995, sec 2 and GG No 105 of 1.9.1995, p 5049.

Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992 No 112

Assented to 08.12.1992.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Workers Compensation (Benefits) Amendment Act 1991 No 99

Assented to 17.12.1991.

Date of commencement of Sch 7, 1.2.1992, sec 2 and GG No 15 of 31.1.1992, p 518.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1991 No 94

Assented to 17.12.1991.

Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Workers Compensation (Bush Fire, Emergency and Rescue Services) Act 1987 No 83, assent, Sch 2.

Fire Brigades Act 1989 No 192

Assented to 19.12.1989.

Date of commencement, 1.1.1990, sec 2 and GG No 124 of 22.12.1989, p 11025.

Workers Compensation (Benefits) Amendment Act 1989 No 133

Assented to 05.09.1989.

Date of commencement of Sch 9 (1), (3) and (6), 1.10.1989, sec 2 (1) and GG No 98 of 29.9.1989, p 7777.

Date of commencement of Sch 9 (2) and (5), 25.5.1992, sec 2 (1) and GG No 55 of 1.5.1992, p 2988, date of commencement of Sch 9 (4) and (7) (a), (c) and (d), 1.2.1990, sec 2 (1) and GG No 124 of 22.12.1989, p 11041 (Sch 9 (7) (b) was not commenced and was repealed by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1991 No 94).

WorkCover Legislation (Amendment) Act 1989 No 121

Assented to 24.08.1989.

Date of commencement, 1.1.1990, sec 2 and GG No 124 of 22.12.1989, p 11040.

Workers Compensation (Compensation Court) Amendment Act 1989 No 119

Assented to 24.08.1989.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.10.1989, sec 2 (1) and GG No 94 of 15.9.1989, p 6958.

Workers Compensation (Amendment) Act 1988 No 132

Assented to 30.12.1988.

Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Workers Compensation (Bush Fire, Emergency and Rescue Services) Act 1987, 1.7.1989, sec 2 (1) and GG No 81 of 30.6.1989, p 3822.

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Sec 3

Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 1989 No 121, Sch 1; 1998 No 85, Sch 2.12 [1] [2]; 2015 No 19, Sch 11 [2] [3].

Sec 5

Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 1997 No 65, Sch 4.29 [1] [2].

Sec 6

Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2.

Sec 7

Am 1989 No 133, Sch 9 (1).

Sec 8

Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 1995 No 30, Sch 13 (1); 1997 No 65, Sch 4.29 [3].

Sec 10

Am 1989 No 133, Sch 9 (2); 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[1] [2].

Sec 10A

Ins 2018 No 93, Sch 2.

Sec 11

Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 1989 No 133, Sch 9 (3); 1991 No 99, Sch 7 (1); 2008 No 118, Sch 2 [1] [2].

Secs 13, 14

Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2.

Sec 14A

Ins 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[3].

Sec 14B

Ins 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[3].

Sec 15

Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 1998 No 85, Sch 2.12 [3]; 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[4].

Sec 16

Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 1989 No 119, Sch 2; 1991 No 94, Sch 2; 1998 No 85, Sch 2.12 [3]–[5]; 2002 No 23, Sch 1.13 [1]; 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[5].

Sec 18

Am 1989 No 192, Sch 3; 1997 No 65, Sch 4.29 [4]; 2018 No 59, Sch 5.1.

Sec 19

Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.50 [1]; 2015 No 19, Sch 11 [4]–[7]; 2018 No 70, Sch 3.71 [1].

Sec 20

Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 1997 No 65, Sch 4.29 [5] [6]; 2015 No 19, Sch 11 [8].

Sec 21

Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2.

Sec 22

Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.

Sec 23

Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 1989 No 133, Sch 9 (4); 1995 No 30, Sch 13 (2) (3); 1996 No 120, Sch 2.8 [1].

Sec 24

Am 1996 No 120, Sch 2.8 [2].

Sec 26

Am 1989 No 133, Sch 9 (5); 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[2] [6].

Sec 27

Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 1989 No 133, Sch 9 (6); 1991 No 99, Sch 7 (2); 2008 No 118, Sch 2 [3] [4].

Secs 28A, 28B

Ins 1996 No 120, Sch 2.8 [3].

Sec 28C

Ins 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[7].

Sec 28D

Ins 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[7].

Sec 29

Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 1998 No 85, Sch 2.12 [3]; 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[8].

Sec 30

Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 1989 No 119, Sch 2; 1991 No 94, Sch 2; 1998 No 85, Sch 2.12 [3]–[5]; 2002 No 23, Sch 1.13 [2]; 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[5].

Sec 31

Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.50 [2]; 2015 No 19, Sch 11 [9]–[12]; 2018 No 70, Sch 3.71 [2].

Part 3A

Ins 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[9].

Sec 31A

Ins 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[9].

Sec 31B

Ins 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[9].

Sec 31C

Ins 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[9].

Sec 32

Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 1989 No 133, Sch 9 (7) (am 1991 No 94); 1996 No 120, Sch 2.8 [4]; 1998 No 85, Sch 2.12 [6]–[8]; 2003 No 29, Sch 5 [1]; 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[10].

Sec 33

Am 2007 No 94, Sch 4.

Sec 34

Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[11].

Sch 1, heading

Subst 1996 No 120, Sch 2.8 [5].

Sch 1

Am 1996 No 120, Sch 2.8 [5] [6]; 2003 No 29, Sch 5 [2] [3]; 2008 No 118, Sch 2 [5] [6]; 2015 No 19, Sch 11 [13]; 2022 No 25, Sch 2.2[12].

The whole Act

Am 2015 No 19, Sch 11 [1] (“Authority” omitted wherever occurring, “Self Insurance Corporation” inserted instead).

Workers Compensation (Bush Fire, Emergency and Rescue Services) Bill 1987

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