2019-02-12 Attachment 2 to Item 5 - Updated Delegations

 DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
 TITLE:        WORKERS COMPENSATION, 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 and Section 48
 Councillors.
 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.
 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, 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 the    Section 144
 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 rehabilitation. Section 228(1)
                                                                                    and 228(2)

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