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

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                LEGISLATION

Power, as an employer, to give the insurer written evidence that it is not    Section 228(4)
practicable to provide a worker with suitable duties.
Power, as an employer other than a self-insurer, to apply to WorkCover for a Section 229(4)
waiver or reduction of a penalty provided in section 229.
Power, as an employer against whom negligence is alleged, to cooperate Section 280
fully with and give WorkCover all information and access to documents in
relation to the claim.
Power, as a self-insurer against whom a proceeding for damages has been Section 300(6)
brought, to conduct the proceedings and/or settle the claim.
Power, as an employer, other than a self-insurer, against whom a proceeding Section 300(7)
for damages has been brought, to execute all documents and do everything
that WorkCover considers reasonably necessary to allow the proceedings to
be conducted by it.
Power to comply with the requirement of an authorised person to give Section 532C
information or produce documents required under section 532C.
Power, as an employer or contractor, to keep the documents about workers,     Section 532D
and contracts for the performance of work, prescribed under a regulation.
Power, as an employer who is not a self-insurer, to give WorkCover Section 536(3)
information the employer has in relation to a person defrauding, or attempting
to defraud, WorkCover, or in relation to a person stating anything, or giving a
document containing information, to WorkCover or a registered person that
the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Power, as an employer who is a self-insurer, to give the Regulator information Section 536(4)
the employer has in relation to a person defrauding, or attempting to defraud,
the self-insurer, or in relation to a person stating anything, or giving a
document containing information, to the self-insurer or a registered person
that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular.
Power to apply for a review of a decision identified in section 540(1) of the Section 541
Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 and to take all steps
necessary to conduct the application and to appear at the hearing.
Power to appeal to an appeal body against the following decisions of the Section 549,
Regulator or the insurer:                                                      550, 552A and
(a) a review decision, other than a decision to return a matter to a decision- 554
    maker under section 545 of the Workers’ Compensation and
    Rehabilitation Act 2003; and
(b) a decision under Chapter 3 or Chapter 4 of the Workers’ Compensation
    and Rehabilitation Act 2003 that is not a decision mentioned in section
    540(1) (a non-reviewable decision),and to take all steps necessary to file
    and serve the notice of appeal and conduct the appeal, to appear at any
    conference in the proceeding and to appear at the hearing.


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