2014-05-20 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      20 MAY 2014


DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                      LEGISLATION
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 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, to apply to WorkCover for a waiver or reduction of a         Section
penalty provided in section 109A.                                                   109A(4)
Power, as an employer, other than a self-insurer, whose worker sustains an          Section 133
injury for which compensation may be payable, to complete a report in the
approved form and send it to the nearest WorkCover office.
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         Section 144
the 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
damages to the insurer.                                                             207B(3)
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                  Section 228(1)
rehabilitation.                                                                     and 228(2)
Power, as an employer other than a self-insurer, to provide written evidence to Section 228(3)
WorkCover that it is not 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 fully        Section 280
with and give WorkCover all information and access to documents in relation to
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 information      Section 536(3)
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.


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