2022-02-08 - S&O Agenda - Item 1 - ATTACHMENT 2 - 2021 DELEGATIONS OF AUTHORITY ANNUAL REVIEW REPORT UPDATED

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                     LEGISLATION

Power, as an employer, whose worker sustains an injury for which compensation Section 133
may be payable, to complete a report in the approved form and give the report
to the insurer.
Power, as an employer to give the insurer written notice in the approved form if:- Section 133A
   (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 as a self-
       insurer 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(4)
Power, as an employer, to appoint a Rehabilitation and Return to Work              Section 226(1)
Coordinator where the employer meets the criteria prescribed under a
regulation.
Power, as an employer, to give the insurer the prescribed details of a person Sections
appointed as a Rehabilitation and Return to Work Coordinator and details of any 226(4) and
change to the prescribed details.                                               226(5)
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)
                                                                                   and 228(2)
Power, as an employer, to cooperate with an insurer to enable the insurer to       Section 228(3)
meet its obligations under section 220.
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 fully       Section 280
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, and Section 532D
contracts for the performance of work, prescribed under a regulation.

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