Workers (Occupational Diseases) Relief Fund Regulations 1996

Workers (Occupational Diseases) Relief Fund Regulations 1996

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Workers' (Occupational Diseases) Relief Fund Act 1954 .

G. S. M. GREEN

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

R. J. GROOM

Minister for Workplace Standards

1.   Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Workers (Occupational Diseases) Relief Fund Regulations 1996 .

2.   Commencement

These regulations take effect on the day on which their making is notified in the Gazette.

3.   Interpretation

In these regulations,

Act means the Workers' (Occupational Diseases) Relief Fund Act 1954 .

4.   Form of application for compensation

For the purposes of section 22(9) of the Act, an application for compensation is to –

(a) be in writing; and

(b) be addressed to the Secretary; and

(c) contain the following details:

(i) the name and address of the claimant;

(ii) the name of the employer at the time of incapacity;

(iii) the grounds for the claim for compensation.

5.   Form of appeal to medical referee

(1)  For the purposes of section 32(1) of the Act, an appeal to a medical referee is to –

(a) be in writing; and

(b) be addressed to the Secretary; and

(c) contain the following details:

(i) the name and address of the appellant;

(ii) the name of the certifying medical officer;

(iii) the date of the certificate;

(iv) the grounds of the appeal.

(2)  On receiving an appeal, the Secretary is to –

(a) forward it to a medical referee; and

(b) inform the appellant of the name of the medical referee to whom the appeal is referred.

6.   Revocation

The Workers' (Occupational Diseases) Relief Fund (Contributions) Order (No. 2) 1982 (Statutory Rules 1982, No. 208) is revoked.

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 25 September 1996

These regulations are administered by the Workplace Standards Authority.