Victorian Numbered Acts

ACCIDENT COMPENSATION LEGISLATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2004 (NO 102 OF 2004)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Purpose  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--ACCIDENT COMPENSATION ACT 1985

           Division 1--Common Law Provisions

   3.      Amendment of section 39—Jurisdiction—general  
   4.      Amendment of section 104B consequent on changes to section 134AB  
   5.      Amendment of section 104B—Impairment process  
   6.      Amendment of section 134AB—Access to common law  
   7.      Amendment to section 134AB consequential on amendments made by section 6  
   8.      Amendment of section 134AB—Actions for damages  
   9.      New section 134ABA inserted—Calculation of limitation of actions period  
   10.     Amendment of section 134AF—Directions  
   11.     Amendment of section 135A—Actions for damages  
   12.     New Division 9A inserted—Actions by terminally ill workers  
   13.     Amendment of section 39—consequential on amendment made by section 12  

           Division 2--Compensation Provisions

   14.     Amendment of section 92A—Revised compensation for death of worker  
   15.     Amendment of section 89—Further loss of hearing  
   16.     Amendment of section 91—Assessment of impairment  
   17.     Consequential amendments  
   18.     Amendment of section 98C—Compensation for non-economic loss  
   19.     New section 119IA—Circumstances in which offer may be withdrawn or settlement avoided  

           Division 3--General Amendments

   20.     Amendment of section 93C—Grandfather provision  
   21.     Amendment of section 93CB—After the first entitlement period and until the expiry of the second entitlement period  
   22.     Amendment of section 93DA—Notional earnings  
   23.     Amendment of section 93E—Injury after retirement  
   24.     Occupational rehabilitation services  
   25.     Amendment of section 102—Notice of injury  
   26.     Time to forward claims  
   27.     Amendment of section 107—Provision of information to claimant  
   28.     New section 107A inserted—General right of access to information under this Act  
   29.     Amendments consequential to amendments made by sections 27 and 28  
   30.     Amendment of section 112—Medical examinations  
   31.     Consequential amendments  
   32.     Amendment of section 239—Power to obtain information and evidence  
   33.     Amendment of section 239A—Certificate  
   34.     New section 239AA inserted—Levy  
   35.     Repeal of levy provisions  
   36.     Amendment of section 249—False information  
   37.     Repeal of unproclaimed amendment  

           Division 4--Upgrade of references to indexed amounts

   38.     Amendments to sections 5A, 92A, 92B, 93A, 93B, 93CA, 93CB, 93CC, 93CD and 98C  
   39.     Amendments to section 98E  
   40.     Amendments to sections 98E, 99, 125, 125A, 129B, 134AB, 135A and 135C  
   41.     New Division 4 inserted into Part IX  

   PART 3--ACCIDENT COMPENSATION (WORKCOVER INSURANCE) ACT 1993

   42.     Amendment of section 8—Rateable remuneration  
   43.     Amendment of section 22A—Application for refund of premium  
   44.     New section 22B inserted—What happens if Authority refuses or fails to determine an application for a refund or fails to make a refund?  
   45.     Section 26 amended—Payment of premiums  

   PART 4--WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1958

   46.     Amendment of clause 1 of section 9—Upgrade of references to indexed amounts  
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