2014-05-20 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      20 MAY 2014




DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
TITLE: WORKERS COMPENSATION, REHABILITATION AND
       WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY
       Delegation No. 2014-63
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 2003
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, 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 an        Section 64(2)
additional premium.
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.


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