2020-09-08 S&O Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 2 Delegations of Authority Council to Chief Executive (Updated)

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

 Delegation by the Council to:                                   Date:
 Chief Executive Officer

 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 Section 48
 and Councillors.
 Power, as an employer, to pay a premium notice issued by WorkCover.           Section 54(7)
 Power, as an employer, to pay a reassessment premium notice issued by Section 56(5)
 WorkCover.
 Power, as an employer, to apply to WorkCover for a waiver or reduction of a   Section 57(3)
 penalty for contravening section 48.
 Power, as an employer, to object to a default assessment issued by Section 58(6)
 WorkCover.
 Power, as an employer, to pay a default assessment notice issued by           Section 58(10)
 WorkCover.
 Power, as an employer, to apply to WorkCover for a waiver or reduction of     Section 64(2)
 an additional premium.
 Power, as an employer who is not a self-insurer, and who is or is required to Section 66(2)
 be 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, to apply to WorkCover for a waiver or reduction of a Section 66(7)
 penalty provided in section 66(6).
 Power, as a local government self-insurer, to cover councillors under the self- Section 68A(1)
 insurer’s licence.
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