Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978 No 141

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Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978 No 141

Assented to 22.12.1978.

Date of commencement, secs 1 and 2, Parts 2 and 6 (other than sec 36) and Sch 2 excepted, 16.2.1979, sec 2 and GG No 27 of 16.2.1979, p 707.

Motor Accidents and Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2022 No 25

Assented to 16.06.2022.

Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2(1).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2019 No 1

Assented to 17.06.2019.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.29, 14 days after assent, sec 2 (1).

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.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2017 No 63

Assented to 23.11.2017.

Date of commencement of Sch 4.45, 14.1.2018, sec 2 (3).

State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015 No 19

Assented to 21.08.2015.

Date of commencement of Sch 9, 1.9.2015, sec 2 and 2015 (524) LW 28.8.2015.

Safety, Return to Work and Support Board Act 2012 No 54

Assented to 27.06.2012.

Date of commencement, 1.8.2012, sec 2 and 2012 (337) LW 27.7.2012.

Relationships Register Act 2010 No 19

Assented to 19.05.2010.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).

NSW Trustee and Guardian Act 2009 No 49

Assented to 26.06.2009.

Date of commencement, 1.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (305) LW 1.7.2009.

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 1.34, assent, sec 2 (2).

Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2004 No 56

Assented to 06.07.2004.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, 9.7.2004, sec 2 (1) and GG No 117 of 9.7.2004, p 5772.

Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2002 No 124

Assented to 16.12.2002.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5982.

Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Relationships) Act 2002 No 73

Assented to 01.10.2002.

Date of commencement, 1.11.2002, sec 2 and GG No 201 of 1.11.2002, p 9302.

Compensation Court Repeal Act 2002 No 23

Assented to 21.06.2002.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.8, 1.1.2004, sec 2 (2).

Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 No 34

Assented to 28.06.2001.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.47, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001.

Intergovernmental Agreement Implementation (GST) Act 2000 No 44

Assented to 27.06.2000.

Date of commencement of Sch 12, 30.6.2000, sec 2 (2).

Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999 No 94

Assented to 08.12.1999.

Date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999 No 31

Assented to 07.07.1999.

Date of commencement of Schs 4 and 5, assent, sec 2 (1).

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.

WorkCover Legislation Amendment Act 1997 No 134

Assented to 16.12.1997.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.2.1998, sec 2 and GG No 22 of 6.2.1998, p 525.

Trustee Amendment (Discretionary Investments) Act 1997 No 102

Assented to 25.11.1997.

Date of commencement, 13.3.1998, sec 2 and GG No 52 of 13.3.1998, p 1381.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996 No 121

Assented to 03.12.1996.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996 No 30

Assented to 21.06.1996.

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

Financial Institutions (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1996 No 24

Assented to 21.06.1996.

Date of commencement, 12.7.1996, sec 2 and GG No 84 of 12.7.1996, p 3984.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1995 No 99

Assented to 21.12.1995.

Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978, assent, sec 2 (2).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1994 No 95

Assented to 12.12.1994.

Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978, 1.7.1995, Sch 1 and GG No 66 of 2.6.1995, p 2838.

Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992 No 112

Assented to 08.12.1992.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Sporting Injuries Insurance (Amendment) Act 1991 No 23

Assented to 30.08.1991.

Date of commencement, 1.10.1991, sec 2 and GG No 134 of 27.9.1991, p 8338.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1990 No 108

Assented to 13.12.1990.

Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978, assent, sec 2.

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 (Amendment) Act 1988 No 132

Assented to 30.12.1988.

Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 2 relating to the Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978, 1.7.1989, sec 2 (1) and GG No 81 of 30.6.1989, p 3822.

Miscellaneous Acts (Workers Compensation) Amendment Act 1987 No 79

Assented to 10.06.1987.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, 30.6.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 102 of 17.6.1987, p 2944.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) 1987 No 48

Assented to 28.05.1987.

Date of commencement of Sch 32, except as provided by sec 2 (13), 1.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1986 No 16

Assented to 01.05.1986.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1985 No 231

Assented to 18.12.1985.

Sporting Injuries Insurance (Workers’ Compensation) Amendment Act 1984 No 92

Assented to 28.06.1984.

Date of commencement of Schs 1 and 2, 3.12.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 167 of 30.11.1984, p 5791.

Sporting Injuries Insurance (Amendment) Act 1984 No 65

Assented to 19.06.1984.

Date of commencement of Schs 1 and 2 (3), 5.10.1984, sec 2 (3) and GG No 142 of 5.10.1984, p 4914.

Date of commencement of Sch 2 (2), 3.12.1984, sec 2 (4) (a) and GG No 167 of 30.11.1984, p 5791.

Miscellaneous Acts (Public Finance and Audit) Repeal and Amendment Act 1983 No 153

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.

Sporting Injuries Insurance (Amendment) Act 1983 No 71

Assented to 04.05.1983.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.6.1983, sec 2 (2) and GG No 78 of 1.6.1983, p 2465.

Sporting Injuries Insurance (Amendment) Act 1981 No 116

Assented to 18.12.1981.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.4.1982, sec 2 (3) and GG No 50 of 8.4.1982, p 1553.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.6.1983, sec 2 (4) and GG No 78 of 1.6.1983, p 2465.

Date of commencement of Sch 4, 16.2.1979, sec 2 (5).

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No reference is made to certain amendments made by Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1996.

Long title

Am 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (1); 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [1].

Sec 3

Am 1981 No 116, Schs 1 (1), 2 (1); 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (2). Rep 1999 No 31, Sch 5.99. Ins 2010 No 19, Sch 3.98 [1].

Sec 4

Am 1981 No 116, Schs 2 (2), 4 (1); 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (3); 1984 No 92, Sch 1 (1); 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [1]; 2002 No 23, Sch 1.8 [1]; 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [3]–[5]; 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [1]; 2017 No 63, Sch 4.45.

Sec 5

Am 1981 No 116, Sch 4 (2); 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [6]; 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [2].

Sec 5A

Ins 2002 No 124, Sch 3 [1].

Sec 6

Am 1984 No 92, Sch 1 (2); 1987 No 79, Sch 1; 1998 No 85, Sch 2.10 [1]; 2002 No 23, Sch 1.8 [2]; 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [7]; 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [2]; 2022 No 25, Sch 4.3.

Part 2, heading

Am 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [8]; 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [3].

Sec 7

Rep 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [9]. Ins 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [4].

Sec 7A

Ins 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [4].

Sec 8

Am 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (4).

Secs 9, 10

Rep 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [9]. Ins 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [5].

Sec 11

Am 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (5); 2002 No 124, Sch 3 [2]; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.34; 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [10] [11]; 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [6]–[9].

Sec 11A

Ins 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (6). Am 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [10]–[12].

Sec 11B

Ins 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (6). Am 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [12]–[14].

Sec 12

Am 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (7); 1996 No 30, Sch 2; 1997 No 102, Sch 2.9. Subst 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [15]; 2018 No 70, Sch 3.55.

Sec 13

Am 1983 No 153, Sch 1. Subst 1985 No 231, Sch 31. Rep 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [9].

Sec 14

Am 1996 No 24, Sch 1. Rep 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [9].

Sec 15

Rep 1983 No 153, Sch 1.

Part 4

Subst 1981 No 116, Sch 2 (3).

Sec 16

Am 1981 No 116, Sch 4 (3). Subst 1981 No 116, Sch 2 (3). Am 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [16].

Sec 17

Subst 1981 No 116, Sch 2 (3).

Sec 18

Subst 1981 No 116, Sch 2 (3). Am 1987 No 79, Sch 1; 1998 No 85, Sch 2.10 [2].

Sec 18A

Ins 1981 No 116, Sch 2 (3). Am 1986 No 16, Sch 23; 2001 No 34, Sch 2.47.

Sec 18B

Ins 1981 No 116, Sch 2 (3).

Sec 19

Subst 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (8).

Sec 20

Am 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (9).

Sec 24

Am 1984 No 92, Sch 1 (3); 2004 No 56, Sch 3 [1].

Sec 25

Am 1983 No 71, Sch 1 (1); 1984 No 92, Sch 1 (3); 1991 No 23, Sch 1 (1); 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [2]–[5].

Sec 26

Am 1983 No 71, Sch 1 (2); 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (10); 1991 No 23, Sch 1 (2); 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [6]–[8]; 2002 No 73, Sch 1.24 [1] [2]; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.98 [2] [3].

Sec 27

Am 1981 No 116, Sch 4 (4); 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (11).

Sec 28

Am 1984 No 65, Sch 2 (1); 2009 No 49, Sch 2.54.

Sec 28A

Ins 1991 No 23, Sch 1 (3).

Sec 29

Am 1984 No 92, Sch 1 (4); 2002 No 23, Sch 1.8 [3].

Sec 30

Am 1981 No 116, Sch 1 (2); 1987 No 48, Sch 32.

Sec 31

Am 1981 No 116, Schs 3, 4 (5); 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (12); 1985 No 231, Sch 31; 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1994 No 95, Sch 1; 1995 No 99, Sch 2.

Sec 32

Am 1999 No 31, Sch 4.87; 2007 No 94, Sch 4.

Sec 33

Am 1992 No 112, Sch 1.

Sec 35A

Ins 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (13). Am 1984 No 65, Sch 2 (2); 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [17].

Sec 35B

Ins 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (13). Am 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [18].

Sec 36

Subst 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (14).

Sec 37

Ins 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [9].

Sch 1

Am 1981 No 116, Sch 1 (3). Subst 1983 No 71, Sch 1 (3); 1991 No 23, Sch 1 (4); 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [10]. Am 2019 No 1, Sch 2.29.

Sch 2

Am 1984 No 65, Sch 2 (3); 1984 No 92, Sch 2; 1987 No 79, Sch 1; 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 1989 No 121, Sch 1; 1990 No 108, Sch 1; 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [11]–[14]; 1999 No 94, sec 7 (1) and Sch 5, Part 1. Rep 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [12].

Sch 3, heading

Subst 1981 No 116, Sch 1 (4) (a). Am 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (15).

Sch 3

Am 1981 No 116, Sch 1 (4) (b)–(h).

Sch 4

Ins 1984 No 65, Sch 1 (16).

Sch 4A

Ins 2015 No 19, Sch 9 [19].

Sch 5

Ins 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [15]. Am 2000 No 44, Sch 12.5; 2002 No 73, Sch 1.24 [3] [4]; 2004 No 56, Sch 3 [2] [3]; 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [13]–[15].

The whole Act

Am 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [16] (“registered player” and “registered players” omitted wherever occurring, “registered participant” and “registered participants” inserted instead respectively).

The whole Act

Am 1997 No 134, Sch 2 [17] (“enrolled player” and “enrolled players” omitted wherever occurring, “enrolled student participant” and “enrolled student participants” inserted instead respectively).

The whole Act

Am 2012 No 54, Sch 3.5 [2] (“Committee” omitted wherever occurring, “Authority” inserted instead).

Sporting Injuries Insurance Bill 1978

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