An Act to amend the Workers Compensation Act 1987, the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 and certain other Acts to make further provision with respect to commencement of proceedings, dust diseases and injury notification; and for other purposes.
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2003.
2 Commencement
(1) This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.(2) A proclamation under this section may appoint a particular time on a day as the time for commencement on that day.
3 Amendments
The Acts and Regulation specified in the Schedules to this Act are amended as set out in those Schedules.
Schedules 1, 2 (Repealed)
sch 1: Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 3.
sch 2: Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 3.
Schedule 3 Amendment of Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 No 40
(Section 3)
[1] (Repealed)
[2] Section 65 Protection from incrimination
Omit “on that occasion” from section 65 (2) (b).Insert instead “at an appropriate time”.
[3] Section 65 (2A)
Insert after section 65 (2):(2A) Appropriate time for giving warning about incrimination An appropriate time for warning a person as referred to in subsection (2) (b) is any of the following times:(a) the time when the requirement to make the statement or to give or furnish the answer or information is made,(b) in the case of evidence required to be given when appearing before an inspector, any time after the start of the appearance before the inspector,(c) at or about the time immediately before the person makes the statement or gives or furnishes the answer or information.
[4]–[17] (Repealed)
sch 3: Am 2005 No 64, Sch 3.
schs 4–7: Rep 2005 No 64, Sch 3.
Schedules 4–7 (Repealed)