Legislation to note: workers compensation

04/09/2014

The Workers Compensation Amendment (Existing Claims) Regulation 2014 commenced yesterday, 3 September 2014. The object of this regulation is to make further transitional arrangements in respect of the application of certain amendments made by the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2012 to claims for workers compensation made before 1 October 2012. It also extends the time within which a work capacity assessment of an existing recipient of weekly payments of compensation must be made under provisions introduced by the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2012. Learn more here.