Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004
151AContributions by non-WorkCover employers to the WorkCover Authority Fund
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151A Contributions by non-WorkCover employers to the WorkCover Authority Fund
S. 151A(1) amended by No. 67/2013 s. 649(Sch. 9 item 25(7)(a)).
(1) The Authority must determine the amount of contributions payable into the WorkCover Authority Fund under section 513 of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 by non-WorkCover employers to be applied towards the costs and expenses incurred by the Authority for the provision of occupational health, safety and welfare regulation and related education and prevention services.
S. 151A(2) amended by No. 67/2013 s. 649
(Sch. 9 item 25(7)(b)–(e)).
(2) The amount is to be determined in accordance with the formula—
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where—
"A" is the rateable remuneration paid or payable by the non-WorkCover employer during the preceding financial year calculated as if the non-WorkCover employer were an employer liable to pay a premium under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013;
"B" is the sum of the total rateable remuneration paid or payable—
(i) by all employers liable to pay a premium under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 during the preceding financial year; and
(ii) by all self-insurers calculated as if each self-insurer were an employer liable to pay a premium under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 during the preceding financial year; and
(iii) by all non-WorkCover employers calculated as if each non-WorkCover employer were an employer liable to pay a premium under the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 during the preceding financial year;
"C" is the sum of—
(i) the total of the costs incurred by the Authority in the preceding quarter referred to in paragraphs (b), (c), (e), (f) and (k) of section 513(5) of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013; and
(ii) the costs incurred by the Authority in the preceding quarter in the administration of Divisions 2 and 3 of Part 6 of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013;
"D" is the sum of the costs incurred by the Authority during the preceding quarter, being the costs—
(i) referred to in section 513(5)(b) of the Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013; and