2015-08-18 Planning and Organisation Committee Attachment 1 to Item 13 Updated Delegations of Authority - Council to CEO 2015-16

                                  Council to CEO Updated Delegations 15/16                  Attachment 1




                                                                        Delegation No: 2015-63




DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
TITLE:        WORKERS COMPENSATION, REHABILITATION AND WORK
              HEALTH AND SAFETY

Delegation by the Council to:                                           Date:
Chief Executive Officer

Delegation by the Chief Executive Officer to:                           Date approved:

Source of Authority:
Local Government Act 2009 – Section 257
Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003
Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2014
Work Health and Safety Act 2011
Work Health and Safety Regulation 2011


Delegated Power:
1.     To exercise the powers of council pursuant to the Workers’ Compensation and
       Rehabilitation Act 2003.
DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                            LEGISLATION
Power, as an employer, to insure and keep insured all Council’s employees and Section 48
Councillors.
Power, as an employer who is not a self-insurer, and who is or is required to be Section 66(2)
insured under a WorkCover policy, to pay the weekly payment of compensation
payable to an injured worker during the excess period.
Power, as an employer who is not a self-insurer, to pay compensation for an               Section 109(4)
injury sustained by a worker where the worker has made an application for
compensation under section 132 and Council has complied with section 133A.
Power, as an employer, other than a self-insurer, to give WorkCover written               Section 133A
notice in the approved form if:-
    (a) a worker asks the employer for compensation for an injury sustained by
        the worker; or
    (b) the employer pays the worker an amount, either in compensation or
        instead of compensation, that is payable by the employer or WorkCover
        under the Act for an injury sustained by the worker.
Power, as an employer, to pay compensation to an injured worker for the day the           Section 144
worker stops work because of the injury.
Power, as an employer, to pay the amount of the first charge or the whole of the          Section 207B(3)
damages to the insurer.
Power, as an employer, to appoint a Rehabilitation and Return to Work                     Section 226
Coordinator where the employer meets the criteria prescribed under a regulation.
Power, as an employer, to prepare and have in place a workplace rehabilitation Section 227
policy and procedure, and review those policies and procedures every 3 years.
Power, as an employer, to assist or provide an injured worker with rehabilitation.        Section 228(1)
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