NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
RETURN TO WORK REGULATIONS 1986
As in force at 1 July 2024
Table of provisions
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1
3 Definitions ........................................................................................ 1
3AA Prescribed adjacent areas ............................................................... 2
3A Definition of worker .......................................................................... 2
4 Prescribed member of family ........................................................... 3
4A Worker of household ....................................................................... 3
5 Prescribed amount .......................................................................... 3
5AA Prescribed class of worker and prescribed limitation....................... 3
5AB Prescribed diseases ........................................................................ 3
5A Inspectors' identity cards ................................................................. 3
5B Prescribed diseases and qualifying periods: firefighters.................. 4
5C Prescribed number of fires and prescribed firefighting period ......... 5
6 Prescribed amount of funeral benefit .............................................. 5
6AA Expert financial advice..................................................................... 5
6A Entitlement to compensation of worker residing outside
Australia .......................................................................................... 6
8 Compensation for certain volunteers ............................................... 6
11 Declarations..................................................................................... 6
11A Catastrophic injury ........................................................................... 6
12 Medical certificate of capacity accompanying claim ........................ 6
13 Statement of right to commence proceedings before court ............. 7
14 Late payment of weekly payments .................................................. 7
14A Procedure for mediation .................................................................. 7
15 Prescribed indemnity ....................................................................... 8
15A Prescribed provisions for policy of indemnity or insurance .............. 8
16 Employer's wages declarations ....................................................... 8
17 Election to pay premium by instalment ............................................ 8
17A Late payment of premiums .............................................................. 8
17B Contributions to Nominal Insurer's Fund ......................................... 8
17C Amount of contributions ................................................................... 9
18 Service on Nominal Insurer ........................................................... 10
19 Infringement notice offence and prescribed amount payable ........ 10
20 When infringement notice may be given ....................................... 10
21 Contents of infringement notice ..................................................... 10
22 Payment by cheque ....................................................................... 11
23 Withdrawal of infringement notice ................................................. 11
24 Application of regulations 19 to 23 ................................................ 12
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Schedule 1 Adjacent areas
Schedule 2 Prescribed diseases and kinds of
employment
Schedule 2A Catastrophic injury
Schedule 3 Prescribed provisions for compulsory
insurance
Schedule 4 Infringement notice offences and
prescribed amounts
ENDNOTES
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 1 July 2024
RETURN TO WORK REGULATIONS 1986
Regulations under the Return to Work Act 1986
1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Return to Work
Regulations 1986.
2 Commencement
These Regulations shall come into operation on 1 January 1987.
3 Definitions
In these Regulations:
correctional officer, see section 4 of the Correctional Services
Act 2014.
first responder, for Schedule 2, means a person with specialised
training (such as a paramedic, police officer, firefighter, correctional
officer or other emergency personnel), who attends the site of an
incident and provides assistance in situations:
(a) involving actual or potential injury to persons or damage to
property; and
(b) which may also include risk to the first responder; and
(c) where time may be of the essence to save lives or property.
infringement notice, see regulation 20.
infringement notice offence, see regulation 19(1).
prescribed amount, for an infringement notice offence, see
regulation 19(2).
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3AA Prescribed adjacent areas
For the definition jurisdiction in section 3(1) of the Act, the
prescribed adjacent areas of States and Territories are those set
out in Schedule 1.
3A Definition of worker
(1) For section 3B(17)(a) of the Act:
(a) a member of the operations branch of St. John Ambulance
Australia (N.T.) Inc.; and
(aa) a person complying with a summons served on the person in
pursuance of the Juries Act 1962 or while serving as a juror
under that Act; and
(b) an individual who is authorised by a club registered under the
Racing and Wagering Act 2024; and
(c) a natural person who is engaged to drive a taxi, private hire
car, limousine or motor omnibus, within the meaning of the
Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport Act 1991, by a
person who, or by a director of a body corporate that:
(i) is accredited within the meaning of that Act or is
exempted under section 15 of that Act; and
(ii) is approved by the Authority for this regulation,
while the person is so engaged,
are persons prescribed as workers for the Act.
(2) For section 3B(17)(b) of the Act:
(a) a member of the crew of a fishing vessel who is remunerated
wholly or mainly by a share in the profits or gross earnings
from the working of the vessel; and
(b) a person operating as a direct selling agent under an agency
agreement approved by the Authority for this regulation; and
(c) a person who is a carer under the Care and Protection of
Children Act 2007; and
(d) a person, other than a person referred to in paragraph (c),
caring for reward or gain, whether monetary or otherwise, in
the person's place of residence of another person's child;
are prescribed persons who are not workers for the Act.
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4 Prescribed member of family
For section 3B(3) and (4) of the Act, a spouse, a parent (including a
stepmother or stepfather) or grandparent, a child (including a
stepchild) or grandchild, a brother or sister (including a half brother
or half sister) are prescribed members of the immediate family of
an employer.
4A Worker of household
For section 3B(11) of the Act, the prescribed amount is 20% of the
annual equivalent of average weekly earnings.
5 Prescribed amount
For section 3B(15) of the Act, the prescribed amount is 65% of the
annual equivalent of average weekly earnings.
5AA Prescribed class of worker and prescribed limitation
For section 4(3) of the Act, police officers are prescribed to be a
class of worker, subject to the limitation that the injury occurs, in
each case, while the worker is travelling by the shortest convenient
route between the worker's place of residence and the worker's
workplace.
5AB Prescribed diseases
For section 4(6)(a) of the Act, the diseases and kinds of diseases,
and the kinds of employment related to those diseases, are those
prescribed and specified in Schedule 2.
5A Inspectors' identity cards
For section 7B(1) of the Act, an identity card given to an inspector
must include the following:
(a) a recent photograph of the inspector of the size, and in the
form, specified by the Authority;
(b) the inspector's signature;
(c) the date (if any) on which the inspector's appointment ends;
(d) any conditions to which the inspector's appointment is subject.
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5B Prescribed diseases and qualifying periods: firefighters
For section 50A of the Act, the following diseases and qualifying
periods are prescribed as specified in the following table:
Item Disease Qualifying
period
1 Primary leukaemia 5 years
2 Primary site brain cancer 5 years
3 Primary site breast cancer 10 years
4 Primary site cervical cancer 10 years
5 Primary site ovarian cancer 10 years
6 Primary site pancreatic cancer 10 years
7 Primary site testicular cancer 10 years
8 Primary site thyroid cancer 10 years
9 Primary site uterine cancer 10 years
10 Asbestos related diseases 15 years
11 Malignant Mesothelioma 15 years
12 Multiple myeloma 15 years
13 Primary non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 15 years
14 Primary site bladder cancer 15 years
15 Primary site colorectal cancer 15 years
16 Primary site kidney cancer 15 years
17 Primary site liver cancer 15 years
18 Primary site lung cancer 15 years
19 Primary site penile cancer 15 years
20 Primary site prostate cancer 15 years
21 Primary site skin cancer 15 years
22 Primary site ureter cancer 15 years
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Item Disease Qualifying
period
23 Primary site oesophageal cancer 25 years
5C Prescribed number of fires and prescribed firefighting period
For paragraph (a)(ii) of the definition working as an active
firefighter in section 50A(3) of the Act:
(a) the prescribed number of fires is 150; and
(b) the prescribed firefighting period is:
(i) 5 years, if the prescribed disease is primary site brain
cancer or primary leukaemia; or
(ii) 10 years for any other prescribed disease.
6 Prescribed amount of funeral benefit
For section 62(1)(a)(ii) of the Act, the prescribed amount is 20% of
the annual equivalent of average weekly earnings.
6AA Expert financial advice
(1) For the definition expert financial advice in section 3(1) of the Act,
expert financial advice means a financial service for which a person
is required to hold an Australian financial services licence, whether
or not as an authorised representative or representative of a person
who carries on a financial services business.
(2) In this regulation:
Australian financial services licence, see Chapter 7 of the
Corporations Act 2001.
authorised representative, see Chapter 7 of the Corporations
Act 2001.
financial service, see Chapter 7 of the Corporations Act 2001.
financial services business, see Chapter 7 of the Corporations
Act 2001.
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6A Entitlement to compensation of worker residing outside
Australia
For section 65B(2)(a) of the Act, the worker must give the
employer, at intervals of not less than 3 months, a declaration, in
the approved form, made by each of the following:
(a) the worker;
(b) a medical practitioner or, if the worker is living in another
country, a person registered under the law of the country that
provides for the registration of persons practising the medical
profession.
8 Compensation for certain volunteers
For section 66 of the Act, compensation is calculated as the
remuneration for the person's normal weekly number of hours of
work for all employment of the person at the time of the injury
calculated at his or her ordinary time rate of pay or 50% of average
weekly earnings, whichever is the greater amount.
11 Declarations
Declarations required or permitted to be made by or under the Act
may be witnessed by a person who is authorised under the Oaths,
Affidavits and Declarations Act 2010 to witness a statutory
declaration.
11A Catastrophic injury
For section 78A(6) of the Act, an injury mentioned in Schedule 2A
is prescribed as a catastrophic injury.
12 Medical certificate of capacity accompanying claim
(1) For section 82(1)(b) of the Act, the following persons are prescribed
for issuing a medical certificate of capacity for a worker if, because
of the worker's isolation, a medical practitioner is unable to issue
such a certificate:
(a) persons registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation
National Law to practise in the nursing profession (other than
as students);
(b) persons registered under the Health Practitioner Regulation
National Law to practise in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander health practice profession (other than as students).
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(2) For section 82(6) of the Act, a medical certificate of capacity
referred to in section 82(1)(b) of the Act has effect for the following
period:
(a) if it is from a medical practitioner – 14 days;
(b) if it is from a prescribed person who has consulted about the
matter with a medical practitioner by radio, telephone or other
means – 14 days;
(c) if it is from a prescribed person who has not consulted about
the matter with a medical practitioner – 3 days.
13 Statement of right to commence proceedings before court
If the employer gives the worker a statement referred to in
section 69(1)(b) or 85(8) of the Act, the employer must also give
the worker:
(a) a copy of the statement; and
(b) a copy of the approved information bulletin relating to the
mediation process.
14 Late payment of weekly payments
For section 89 of the Act, the prescribed rate of interest is the rate
applicable to a judgment debt under a judgment of the Supreme
Court.
14A Procedure for mediation
(1) A mediator must keep a record of the mediation of a dispute that
includes:
(a) a description of the nature of the dispute; and
(b) the parties to the mediation; and
(c) the outcome of the mediation.
(2) If a mediator convenes a conference under section 103C(3)(b) of
the Act, the mediator:
(a) must set the date on which, and the time and place at which,
the conference is to take place; and
(b) must preside at the conference; and
(c) may adjourn or terminate the conference at any time.
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15 Prescribed indemnity
For paragraph (c) of the definition adequate policy of insurance
or indemnity in section 126 of the Act, $2,000,000 is the
prescribed amount.
15A Prescribed provisions for policy of indemnity or insurance
For section 126AB(3)(b)(i) of the Act, the prescribed provisions are
those set out in Schedule 3.
16 Employer's wages declarations
For section 130(4)(b) of the Act, a statement must be verified, if an
employer is:
(a) a natural person – by the natural person; or
(b) a partnership – by one of the partners; or
(c) a body corporate (other than an incorporated association
referred to in paragraph (c)) – by a director or secretary of the
body corporate or its principal officer in the Territory; or
(d) an incorporated association, within the meaning of the
Associations Act 2003 – by the public officer;
making a statutory declaration to the effect that the estimate of
wages and other prescribed information is true and correct.
17 Election to pay premium by instalment
For section 131 of the Act, where an employer and insurer do not
agree on the manner of election to pay premiums by instalments,
the employer may elect by serving a notice in writing on the insurer
not later than 21 days before the first instalment is payable under
that section.
17A Late payment of premiums
For section 131(3) of the Act, the prescribed rate of interest is the
rate applicable to a judgment debt under a judgment of the
Supreme Court.
17B Contributions to Nominal Insurer's Fund
(1) The Nominal Insurer may recommend a total amount to be
contributed to the Nominal Insurer's Fund under section 164A of
the Act by approved insurers and self-insurers during the financial
year.
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(2) In determining the total amount mentioned in subregulation (1), the
Nominal Insurer is to have regard to the amount standing to the
credit of the Fund at the beginning of that year including:
(a) amounts set aside in earlier years as provision to meet
expenditure in later years; and
(b) the amount estimated to be received into the Fund during the
year other than from approved insurers and self-insurers
under section 164A of the Act.
17C Amount of contributions
(1) For section 164A of the Act, the contribution amount for each
approved insurer and self-insurer is equal to a percentage
determined by the Nominal Insurer in accordance with
subregulation (2), as approved by the Minister under
section 164(1)(e) of the Act, of:
(a) for an approved insurer – the premium income (whether
received by or owing to the insurer) of the approved insurer in
respect of policies of insurance or indemnity effected with the
approved insurer by employers in the preceding financial year
in compliance with section 126AA(1) of the Act; and
(b) for a self-insurer – the premium that would have been payable
by the self-insurer if the self-insurer had obtained, in respect
of that year, or the part of that year during which the self-
insurer was a self-insurer, an adequate policy of insurance or
indemnity.
(2) The percentage determined by the Nominal Insurer for
subregulation (1) is to be:
(a) sufficient, in the opinion of the Nominal Insurer, to provide the
total amount to be contributed to the Fund by approved
insurers and self-insurers during the financial year as
determined in accordance with section 164(1)(d) of the Act;
and
(b) uniform for all approved insurers and self-insurers.
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18 Service on Nominal Insurer
Anything required or permitted by the Act to be served on the
Nominal Insurer may be served:
(a) by clearly marking it for the attention of the Nominal Insurer
and leaving it, during normal business hours, at the Darwin
office of the Authority with a person who has apparently
attained the age of 16 years and is employed at that office; or
(b) by properly addressing and posting it by prepaid post to the
Nominal Insurer, G.P.O. Box 2056, Darwin, N.T. 0800.
19 Infringement notice offence and prescribed amount payable
(1) An infringement notice offence is an offence against a provision
specified in Schedule 4.
(2) The prescribed amount for an infringement notice offence is the
amount equal to the monetary value of the number of penalty units
specified for the offence in Schedule 4.
20 When infringement notice may be given
If an inspector reasonably believes a person has committed an
infringement notice offence, the inspector may give a notice (an
infringement notice) to the person.
21 Contents of infringement notice
(1) The infringement notice must specify the following:
(a) the name and address of the person, if known;
(b) the date the infringement notice is given to the person;
(c) the date, time and place of the infringement notice offence;
(d) a description of the offence;
(e) the prescribed amount payable for the offence;
(f) the enforcement agency, as defined in the Fines and
Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001, to which the prescribed
amount is payable.
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(2) The infringement notice must include a statement to the effect of
the following:
(a) the person may expiate the infringement notice offence and
avoid any further action in relation to the offence by paying the
prescribed amount to the specified enforcement agency within
28 days after the notice is given;
(b) the person may elect under section 21 of the Fines and
Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001 to have the matter dealt with
by a court instead of under that Act by completing a statement
of election and giving it to the specified enforcement agency;
(c) if the person does nothing in response to the notice,
enforcement action may be taken under the Fines and
Penalties (Recovery) Act 2001, including (but not limited to)
action for the following:
(i) suspending the person's licence to drive;
(ii) seizing personal property of the person;
(iii) deducting an amount from the person's wages or salary;
(iv) registering a statutory charge on land owned by the
person;
(v) making a community work order for the person and
imprisonment of the person if the person breaches the
order.
(3) Also, the infringement notice must include an appropriate form for
making the statement of election mentioned in subregulation (2)(b).
22 Payment by cheque
If the person tenders a cheque in payment of the prescribed
amount, the amount is not taken to have been paid unless the
cheque is cleared on first presentation.
23 Withdrawal of infringement notice
(1) The Authority may withdraw the infringement notice by written
notice given to the person.
(2) The notice must be given:
(a) within 28 days after the infringement notice is given to the
person; and
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(b) before payment of the prescribed amount.
24 Application of regulations 19 to 23
(1) Regulations 19 to 23 do not prejudice or affect the start or
continuation of proceedings for an infringement notice offence for
which an infringement notice has been given unless the offence is
expiated.
(2) Also, those regulations do not:
(a) require an infringement notice to be given; or
(b) affect the liability of a person to be prosecuted in a court for
an offence for which an infringement notice has not been
given; or
(c) prevent more than one infringement notice for the same
offence being given to a person.
(3) If more than one infringement notice for the same offence has been
given to a person, the person may expiate the offence by paying
the prescribed amount in accordance with any of the notices.
Schedule 1 Adjacent areas
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Schedule 1 Adjacent areas
regulation 3AA
1 Definitions
In this Schedule:
continental shelf, see the Seas and Submerged Lands
Act 1973 (Cth).
territorial sea, see the Seas and Submerged Lands
Act 1973 (Cth).
2 Adjacent areas
(1) The adjacent area for New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia
or Tasmania is so much of the scheduled area described in
Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas
Storage Act 2006 (Cth) in relation to that State as is within the outer
limits of the continental shelf and includes the space above and
below that area.
(2) The adjacent area for Queensland is:
(a) so much of the scheduled area described in Schedule 1 to the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
(Cth) in relation to Queensland as is within the outer limits of
the continental shelf; and
(b) the Coral Sea area (within the meaning of section 7(2) of the
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006
(Cth)) other than the territorial sea within the Coral Sea area;
and
(c) the areas within the outer limits of the territorial sea adjacent
to certain islands of Queensland as determined by
proclamation on 9 February 1983 under section 7 of the Seas
and Submerged Lands Act 1973 (Cth); and
(d) the space above and below the areas described in
paragraphs (a), (b) and (c).
(3) The adjacent area for Western Australia is:
(a) so much of the scheduled area for Western Australia
described in Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum and
Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (Cth) as is within the outer
limits of the continental shelf; and
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(b) the space above and below the area described in
paragraph (a).
(4) The adjacent area for the Northern Territory is:
(a) so much of the scheduled area for the Northern Territory
described in Schedule 1 to the Offshore Petroleum and
Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (Cth) as is within the outer
limits of the continental shelf; and
(b) the offshore area for the Territory of Ashmore and Cartier
Islands (within the meaning of section 8(1) of the Offshore
Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 (Cth))
other than the territorial sea within that area; and
(c) the space above and below the areas described in
paragraphs (a) and (b).
(5) However, the adjacent area for a State or Territory does not include
any area inside the limits of any State or Territory.
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Schedule 2 Prescribed diseases and kinds of employment
regulation 5AB
Diseases and kinds of Diseases Kinds of Employment
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
Anthrax All work involving animals or animal
carcasses (such as animal handler, pelt
handler, abattoir worker, meat
inspector).
Brucellosis All work involving animals or animal
carcasses (such as veterinarian, farmer
or farm worker, abattoir worker,
laboratory worker).
Hepatitis A All work involving contact with human
waste (such as child care workers,
carers of intellectually disabled persons,
workers in rural or remote indigenous
communities, sewage workers,
plumbers).
Hepatitis B and C All work involving contact with human
bodily secretions (such as health care
worker, embalmer, person who handles
body substances, clinical laboratory
staff, worker in long-term correctional
facilities, police, member of the armed
forces, emergency services worker).
HIV/AIDS Health care workers and laboratory
workers who become HIV positive after a
needle stick injury.
Leptospirosis All work involving animals or animal
carcasses (such as farmer or farm
worker, abattoir worker, forestry worker,
hunter, veterinarian, livestock transport
operator) or work with animal or human
waste (such as plumber).
Orf All work involving sheep or sheep
carcasses (such as sheep farmer or
farm worker, goat farmer or farm worker,
abattoir worker, meat inspector).
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8. Q-fever All work involving contact with animals or
animal parts in a rural setting (such as
abattoir workers, stock workers, stock
transporters, shearers, hide processors,
farmers, veterinarians).
9. Tuberculosis All work involving contact with persons or
animals in situations where tuberculosis
prevalence is likely to be significantly
higher than the general community (such
as health worker, clinical laboratory
worker, funeral parlour staff, farmer,
veterinarian), or person with silicosis.
MENTAL HEALTH DISEASE
9A. Post-traumatic stress
disorder
All work as a first responder, including as
a volunteer, but not including a person
trained as a first responder who has not
attended in person at an emergency
situation or incident.
MALIGNANCY
10. Salivary gland All work involving ionizing radiation.
11. Nasopharynx All work involving formaldehyde, wood
dust.
12. Oesophagus All work involving ionizing radiation.
13. Stomach All work involving ionizing radiation.
14. Colon and rectum All work involving ionizing radiation.
15. Liver All work involving vinyl chloride
monomer, Hepatitis B virus or Hepatitis
C virus exposure related to occupation.
16. Nasal cavity and para-nasal
sinuses
All work involving ionizing radiation,
leather dust, nickel, wood dust.
17. Larynx All work involving strong inorganic acid
mist, asbestos.
18. Lung All work involving arsenic, asbestos,
beryllium, bis(chloromethyl)ether,
cadmium, chromium VI, diesel engine
exhaust, environmental tobacco smoke,
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ionizing radiation, nickel, polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons, Radon-222 and
its decay products, silica dust
(crystalline), soot (chimney sweeping).
19. Bone All work involving ionizing radiation.
20. Skin (melanoma) All work involving solar radiation,
polychlorinated biphenyls.
21. Skin (non-melanoma) All work involving ionizing radiation,
polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, solar
radiation.
22. Mesothelioma All work involving asbestos.
23. Breast (female) All work involving ionizing radiation.
24. Ovary All work involving asbestos.
25. Kidney All work involving ionizing radiation,
tricholoroethylene.
26. Bladder All work involving 2-naphthylamine,
benzidine, cyclophosphamide, ionizing
radiation, ortho-toluidine, polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons associated with
aluminium production.
27. Brain All work involving ionizing radiation.
28. Thyroid All work involving ionizing radiation.
29. Leukaemia (excluding
chronic lymphatic
leukaemia)
All work involving benzene, butadiene,
cyclophosphamide, formaldehyde,
hepatitis C virus exposure related to
occupation, ionizing radiation.
30. Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma All work involving ionizing radiation.
DISEASES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
31. Parkinson's disease All work involving manganese.
32. Peripheral neuropathy All work involving metals (such as lead,
mercury and arsenic), organic solvents
(such as n-hexane, carbon disulphide
and trichloroethylene), pesticides (such
as organophosphates), acrylamide.
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33. Noise induced hearing loss All work involving exposure to persistent
or intermittent noise above 85dB(A).
RESPIRATORY DISEASES
34. Occupational asthma
(excluding pre-existing
asthma worsened due to
exposure to workplace
irritants)
All work involving sensitising agents or
irritants.
35. Coal workers'
pneumoconiosis
All work involving coal.
36. Asbestosis All work involving asbestos.
37. Silicosis All work involving silica.
38. Other pneumoconiosis All work involving exposures known to
occasionally cause pneumoconiosis
such as beryllium, tin, iron oxide, barium,
aluminium, cobalt, tungsten.
39. Byssinosis All work involving cotton, flax, hemp,
sisal dust.
40. Extrinsic allergic alveolitis All work involving damp material of
biological origin, such as mouldy hay,
straw, grain and feathers.
HEPATIC DISEASES
41. Non-infectious hepatitis All work involving agents known to cause
hepatitis (particularly organic solvents).
42. Chronic active hepatitis All work involving contact with human
bodily secretions (such as health care
worker, embalmer, person who handles
body substances, clinical laboratory
staff, worker in long-term correctional
facilities, police, member of the armed
forces, emergency services worker) – for
a person with known Hepatitis B Virus
(HBV) or Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), where
the HBV or HCV was contracted through
employment in such work.
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43. Hepatic cirrhosis All work involving contact with human
bodily secretions (such as health care
worker, embalmer, person who handles
body substances, clinical laboratory
staff, worker in long-term correctional
facilities, police, member of the armed
forces, emergency services worker) – for
a person with known HBV or HCV,
where the HBV or HCV was contracted
through employment in such work.
SKIN DISEASES
44. Contact dermatitis (irritant
and allergic)
All work involving sensitising agents or
irritants.
45. Occupational vitiligo All work involving para-tertiary-
butylphenol, para-tertiary-butylcatechol,
para-amylphenol, hydroquinone, or the
monobenzyl or monobutyl ether of
hydroquinone.
MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES
46. Raynaud's disease All work involving vibration from powered
tools and equipment.
47. Bursitis (at the elbow or
knee)
All work involving prolonged external
friction or pressure or repetitive motion at
or about the elbow or the knee.
ACUTE POISONING/TOXICITY
48. Acute poisoning / toxicity
(includes acute damage to
the heart, lungs, liver,
kidney, nervous system and
blood)
All work involving acrylonitrile, alcohols,
antimony, arsenic, benzene, beryllium,
cadmium, carbon disulphide, chromium,
copper, fluorine, glycols, hexane,
ketones, lead, manganese, mercury,
mineral acids, nitroglycerine or other
nitric acid esters, osmium, oxides of
nitrogen, ozone, pesticides consisting of
organophosphate and organochlorine
compounds, herbicides and related
compounds, pharmaceutical agents,
phosgene, phosphorus, selenium,
styrene, thallium, tin, toluene, vanadium,
zinc, chemical asphyxiants (such as
carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide,
hydrogen sulphide, methylene chloride),
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benzoquinone and other corneal irritants,
toxic halogen derivatives of aliphatic or
aromatic hydrocarbons, toxic nitro- and
amino-derivatives of benzene, and other
less common, specific substances
known to result in poisoning/toxicity that
have not been named here.
Schedule 2A Catastrophic injury
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Schedule 2A Catastrophic injury
regulation 11A
Division 1 Preliminary
1 Definition
In this Schedule:
FIM(TM) instrument means the Guide for the Uniform Data Set for
Medical Rehabilitation, 1996.
Division 2 Prescribed injuries
2 Spinal cord injury
(1) The eligibility criteria for a permanent spinal cord injury resulting in
a permanent neurological deficit suffered by a person are:
(a) the permanent neurological deficit is classified as grade A, B,
C or D on the ASIA impairment scale, as assessed under the
ISNCSCI; and
(b) the injury has resulted in a residual significant impact on the
function of the autonomic nervous system, evidenced by a
score of 0 for an item relating to bladder, bowel or sexual
function, as assessed under the ISAFSCI.
(2) In this clause:
ASIA impairment scale means the scale, known as the American
Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale, used for measuring
impairment resulting from a spinal cord injury and published by the
American Spinal Injury Association.
ISAFSCI means the document called "International standards to
document remaining autonomic function after spinal cord injury",
published by the American Spinal Injury Association.
ISNCSCI means the document called "International Standards for
Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury", published by the
American Spinal Injury Association.
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3 Traumatic brain injury
(1) The eligibility criteria for a traumatic brain injury resulting in a
permanent impairment suffered by a person are:
(a) any or all of the following apply:
(i) the injury results in post-traumatic amnesia lasting
7 days or more as evidenced by an assessment using
an approved scale;
(ii) the person is or was in a coma, other than an induced
coma, as determined in accordance with the Glasgow
coma scale, for 1 hour or more as a result of the injury;
(iii) brain imaging shows a significant brain abnormality as a
result of the injury; and
(b) the person's functional ability as a result of the injury is
assessed as 5 or less for a motor or cognitive item using the
FIM(TM) instrument.
(2) In this clause:
approved scale, for assessing post-traumatic amnesia, means:
(a) the clinical tool, known as the Westmead Post-traumatic
Amnesia Scale, used to assess the period a person suffers
post-traumatic amnesia; or
(b) a clinically accepted scale similar to the Westmead Post-
Traumatic Amnesia Scale approved by the Agency for this
definition.
Glasgow coma scale means the scale, known as the Glasgow
coma scale, used for assessing the level of consciousness of a
person following a traumatic brain injury, using eye, verbal and
motor responses.
4 Amputation of a leg through or above the femur
(1) The eligibility criterion for the amputation of a leg through or above
the femur is that the amputation involves the loss of 65% or more
of the length of the femur.
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(2) For subclause (1), the percentage of the length of the femur lost
must be worked out by:
(a) comparing the length of the femur before and after the
amputation using X-rays taken before and after the
amputation; or
(b) if X-rays of the femur are not available – comparing the length
of the femur of the amputated leg with the length of the
contralateral femur.
(3) To avoid doubt, the eligibility criterion in subclause (1) may be
satisfied even if the person suffers from a personal injury that is the
amputation of more than one limb or parts of different limbs.
5 Amputation of more than one limb or parts of different limbs
(1) The eligibility criteria for the amputation of more than one limb or
parts of different limbs are:
(a) the amputations involve the loss of 50% or more of the length
of each of the person's tibias; or
(b) both of the person's upper limbs are amputated at or above
the first metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb and index
finger of each hand; or
(c) the amputations involve:
(i) the loss of 50% or more of the length of one of the
person's tibias; and
(ii) one of the person's upper limbs being amputated at or
above the first metacarpophalangeal joint of the thumb
and index finger of the same hand.
(2) For subclause (1), the percentage of the length of the tibia lost
must be worked out by:
(a) comparing the length of the tibia before and after the
amputation using X-rays taken before and after the
amputation; or
(b) if X-rays of the tibia are not available – comparing the length
of the tibia of the amputated leg with the length of the
contralateral tibia; or
(c) if the length of the contralateral tibia cannot be determined –
using the estimated knee height based on overall height
before the amputation.
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6 Full thickness burn to all or part of the body
The eligibility criteria for a full thickness burn to all or part of the
body are:
(a) the full thickness burn is to:
(i) more than 40% of the total body surface area; or
(ii) both hands; or
(iii) the face; or
(iv) the genital area; and
(b) the person's functional ability as a result of the injury is
assessed as 5 or less for a motor or cognitive item using the
FIM(TM) instrument.
7 Inhalation burn resulting in permanent respiratory impairment
The eligibility criterion for an inhalation burn resulting in a
permanent respiratory impairment is if the injured person's
functional ability as a result of the injury is assessed as 5 or less for
a motor or cognitive item using the FIM(TM) instrument.
8 Permanent blindness caused by trauma
(1) The eligibility criterion for permanent blindness caused by trauma is
that the injured person has a visual defect, or a combination of
visual defects, that result in visual loss that is, or is equivalent to:
(a) visual acuity of less than 6/60 in both eyes, assessed using
the Snellen scale after correction by suitable lenses; or
(b) the constriction of the person's field of vision to 10 degrees or
less of the arc around central fixation in the person's better
eye, regardless of corrected visual acuity (equivalent to 1/100
white test object).
(2) In this clause:
Snellen scale means the scale for measuring visual acuity using
rows of letters printed in decreasing sizes.
Schedule 3 Prescribed provisions for compulsory insurance
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Schedule 3 Prescribed provisions for compulsory
insurance
regulation 15A
The Return to Work Act 1986 (the Act) requires that every
employer obtain a Policy of Insurance or Indemnity from an insurer
approved by the Work Health Authority (the Authority). The cover
must be for the full amount of the employer's liability under the Act
and not less than $2 000 000 in respect of the employer's liability
independently of the Act for an injury to one of the employer's
workers.
The ……………………………….. (the Insurer) is an insurer
approved by the Authority.
The Insured (the Employer) described in the Schedule to this
Policy is carrying on business in the Northern Territory. The
Employer has made a written proposal and declaration to the
Insurer. That proposal and declaration contain the particulars and
statements which the Employer and Insurer agree are the basis of
this Policy and form part of this Policy.
This Policy covers only the business or occupation described in the
Schedule unless details of another business or occupation have
been supplied to the Insurer and the Insurer has confirmed its
acceptance of the extension of the Policy by endorsing the
Schedule accordingly.
The premium that the Employer must pay the Insurer and the policy
period are set out in the Schedule. The premium is subject to
adjustment as set out in the Conditions below.
If the Employer is liable during the policy period to pay
compensation to or in respect of one of the Employer's workers (or
a person who is deemed by the Act to be one of the Employer's
workers) for an injury to the worker in his or her employ, the Insurer
will indemnify the Employer for:
(a) the full amount of the Employer's liability under the Act; and
(b) the full amount of the Employer's liability independently of the
Act up to $2 000 000; and
(c) any costs and expenses incurred with the Insurer's written
consent in connection with the defence of legal proceedings
in which that liability is alleged.
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The Employer's right to indemnity is subject to:
(a) the provisions of the Act and its subordinate Rules and
Regulations, all of which are deemed to form part of the
Policy; and
(b) the fulfilment by the Employer of the Conditions set out
below.
Conditions
1 Notices
Every notice or communication to be given or made under this
Policy must be delivered in writing at the office of the Insurer from
which the Policy was issued.
2 Claims
The Employer must give notice to the Insurer of any injury to
which the policy relates as soon as the Employer (or the
Employer's representative) receives information about the
happening of an injury or about any incapacity arising from an
injury. The Employer must also immediately send to the Insurer
every written notice of claim, conferences or proceedings and all
information about any verbal notice of claim, conferences or
proceedings.
3 Employer not to make admissions
The Employer must not, without the written authority of the
Insurer, incur any litigation expense, or make any payment,
settlement or admission of liability, in respect of an injury to or
claim made by a worker.
4 Defence of proceedings
The Insurer is entitled to use the name of the Employer in
respect of anything indemnified under this Policy, including the
bringing, defending, enforcing or settling of legal proceedings for
the benefit of the Insurer. The Employer must give all
information and assistance, and forward all documents, to enable
the Insurer to settle or resist a claim as the Insurer thinks fit.
5 Subrogation
The Insurer is entitled to use the name of the Employer in
proceedings to enforce, for the benefit of the Insurer, an order
for costs or other remedy. The Insurer is entitled to be
subrogated to all rights that the Employer may have against any
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persons who may be responsible in relation to a claim for an
injury covered by the Policy. The Employer must execute all
necessary documents for the purpose of vesting such rights in the
Insurer.
6 Precautions
The Employer must take all reasonable precautions to prevent
injuries.
7 Injury
If a worker is injured in connection with ways, works, machinery
or plant, then so far as practicable, no alteration or repair may be
made without the consent of the Insurer until the Insurer has had
an opportunity of examining them.
8 Inspection
The Insurer has the right and opportunity at all reasonable times
to inspect the works, machinery, plant and appliances used in the
Employer's business.
9 Premium
Premiums will be regulated by the amount of wages, salaries and
all other forms of remuneration paid or allowed to workers during
each policy period.
10 Wages books must be kept
The name and earnings of every worker employed by the
Employer must be entered regularly in a proper wages book so that
a record exists of the Employer's workers.
11 Adjustment of premium
The Employer must at all times allow a person authorised by the
Insurer to inspect the wages book. Within 28 days after the end of
a policy period, the Employer must also supply the Insurer with a
correct account of all wages, salaries and other forms of
remuneration paid or allowed during that policy period. If the
total amount differs from the amount on which premium has
been paid, the difference in premium will be met by either
further payment to the Insurer or a refund by the Insurer, subject
to the Insurer's retention of the minimum premium as stated in the
proposal.
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12 Assignment
No assignment of interest under this Policy will bind the Insurer
unless the written consent of the Insurer is endorsed on the Policy.
13 Cancellation of Policy
The Insurer may, at the request of the Employer, cancel the Policy
by giving written notice to the Employer if the Insurer is satisfied
that the Employer does not require this Policy for any of the
following circumstances:
(a) the Employer is no longer employing a worker as defined by
the Act;
(b) there are no Territory workers required to be covered by the
Act;
(c) the employer has another Policy with an Approved Insurer
covering the same liability.
The notice of cancellation must be posted to the Employer and
cancellation will be effective from the date of the request of the
cancellation or the date specified for cancellation (if that date is a
later date) or the date from which another Policy with an Approved
Insurer is incepted; whichever occurs first.
In any other circumstance cancellation will not be effective unless
prior consent of the Authority is obtained.
Despite the cancellation of the Policy, the Employer must give
the Insurer a statement of wages showing the amount paid up to
the time of cancellation . The premium for the period of insurance
prior to the cancellation will be adjusted on a pro rata basis in
the manner set out in condition 11 of this Policy.
14 No waiver of conditions
A condition or provision of this Policy cannot be waived or
altered except with the prior consent of the Insurer as endorsed
on the Policy. Notice to an agent, or knowledge of an agent or
any other person, will not be taken to effect a waiver or alteration
of a condition in this policy.
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Schedule 4 Infringement notice offences and prescribed
amounts
regulation 19
Provision Prescribed
amount
in penalty units
(individual)
Prescribed
amount
in penalty units
(body corporate)
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section 7KD(1) 3 15
section 75A(4) 4 20
section 103H(1) or (2) 2 10
section 126AA(1) 4 20
section 130(2) 1 5
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ENDNOTES
1 KEY Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Work Health Regulations (SL No. 49, 1986)
Notified 23 December 1986
Commenced 1 January 1987 (r 2)
Amendments of the Work Health Regulations (SL No. 48, 1987)
Notified 23 December 1987
Commenced 23 December 1987
Amendments of Work Health Regulations (SL No. 5, 1989)
Notified 1 March 1989
Commenced 1 March 1989
Amendment of Work Health Regulations (SL No. 56, 1990)
Notified 21 December 1990
Commenced 21 December 1990
Amendments of Work Health Regulations (SL No. 25, 1991)
Notified 12 June 1991
Commenced 12 June 1991
Amendment of Work Health Regulations (SL No. 77, 1991)
Notified 20 December 1991
Commenced 20 December 1991
Amendments of Work Health Regulations (SL No. 32, 1992)
Notified 8 July 1992
Commenced 8 July 1992
Amendment of Work Health Regulations (SL No. 22, 1993)
Notified 11 August 1993
Commenced 11 August 1993
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Amendments of Work Health Regulations (SL No. 50, 1993)
Notified 22 December 1993
Commenced 22 December 1993
Amendments of Work Health Regulations (SL No. 11, 1996)
Notified 13 March 1996
Commenced 13 March 1996
Amendment of Work Health Regulations (SL No. 38, 1996)
Notified 7 August 1996
Commenced 7 August 1996
Amendment of Work Health Regulations (SL No. 29, 1997)
Notified 12 November 1997
Commenced 12 November 1997
Amendments of Work Health Regulations (SL No. 4, 1999)
Notified 10 March 1999
Commenced 10 March 1999
Amendments of Work Health Regulations (SL No. 39, 2000)
Notified 30 June 2000
Commenced 30 June 2000
Commercial Passenger (Road) Transport (Consequential Amendments) Act 2003 (Act
No. 41, 2003)
Assent date 7 July 2003
Commenced 1 August 2003 (Gaz G30, 30 July 2003, p 2)
Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 2003 (Act No. 44, 2003)
Assent date 7 July 2003
Commenced 7 July 2003
Law Reform (Gender, Sexuality and De Facto Relationships) Act 2003 (Act No. 1, 2004)
Assent date 7 January 2004
Commenced 17 March 2004 (Gaz G11, 17 March 2004, p 8)
Statute Law Revision Act 2004 (Act No. 18, 2004)
Assent date 15 March 2004
Commenced 5 May 2004 (s 2(1), s 2 Associations Act 2003 (Act No. 56,
2003) and Gaz G18, 5 May 2004, p 2)
Work Health Amendment (Medical Certificates) Regulations 2005 (SL No. 31, 2005)
Notified 21 September 2005
Commenced 21 September 2005
Work Health Amendment Regulations 2007 (SL No. 19, 2007)
Notified 1 August 2007
Commenced 1 August 2007
Law Reform (Work Health) Amendment Act 2007 (Act No. 30, 2007)
Assent date 12 December 2007
Commenced 1 July 2008 (Gaz S29, 25 June 2008)
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Statute Law Revision Act 2009 (Act No. 25, 2009)
Assent date 1 September 2009
Commenced 16 September 2009 (Gaz G37, 16 September 2009, p 3)
Health Practitioner (National Uniform Legislation) Implementation Act 2010 (Act No. 18,
2010)
Assent date 20 May 2010
Commenced 1 July 2010 (s 2)
Oaths, Affidavits and Declarations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2010 (Act No. 40,
2010)
Assent date 18 November 2010
Commenced 1 March 2011 (s 2, s 2 Oaths, Affidavits and Declarations
Act 2010 (Act No. 39, 2010) and Gaz G7, 16 February 2011,
p 4)
Work Health and Safety (National Uniform Legislation) Consequential Amendments
Regulations (SL No. 60, 2011)
Notified 30 December 2011
Commenced 1 January 2012 (r 2)
Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2012 (Act No. 16, 2012)
Assent date 27 April 2012
Commenced 1 July 2012 (Gaz G22, 30 May 2012, p 6)
Health Practitioner (National Uniform Legislation) Implementation Act 2012 (Act No. 17,
2012)
Assent date 22 May 2012
Commenced 1 July 2012 (s 2)
Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2015 (Act
No. 9, 2015)
Assent date 23 April 2015
Commenced ss 3, 4, 5, 24, 25 and pt 4: 22 May 2015; rem: 1 July 2015:
(Gaz S50, 22 May 2015)
Return to Work Legislation Amendment Act 2015 (Act No. 25, 2015)
Assent date 18 September 2015
Commenced 1 October 2015 (Gaz S98, 30 September 2015)
Return to Work Amendment Regulations 2016 (SL No. 26, 2016)
Notified 1 July 2016
Commenced 1 July 2016
Health Practitioner Regulation (National Uniform Legislation) and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 28, 2018)
Assent date 30 November 2018
Commenced 1 December 2018 (s 2)
Return to Work Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (Act No. 21, 2020)
Assent date 1 July 2020
Commenced 29 July 2020 (Gaz G28, 15 July 2020, p 1)
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Justice and Licensing Legislation Further Amendment Act 2022 (Act No. 21, 2022)
Assent date 31 October 2022
Commenced pt 3: 1 February 2023; rem: 21 December 2022 (Gaz G50,
21 December 2022, p 1)
Racing and Wagering Act 2024 (Act No. 8, 2024)
Assent date 9 April 2024
Commenced 1 July 2024 (Gaz G13, 20 June 2024, p 1)
Return to Work Amendment Regulations 2024 (SL No. 9, 2024)
Date made 11 June 2024
Commenced 12 June 2024 (r 2)
3 SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
s 89 Law Reform (Gender, Sexuality and De Facto Relationships) Act 2003
(Act No. 1, 2004)
4 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: rr 1, 3A, 11, 16 and 21 and sch 3
and 4.
5 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
r 1 amd Act No. 30, 2007, s 59; Act No. 9, 2015, s 25
r 3 rep No. 4, 1999, r 2
ins Act No. 25, 2015,s 51
amd Act No. 21, 2020, s 24; No. 9, 2024, r 4
r 3AA ins Act No. 25, 2015,s 51
r 3A ins No. 48, 1987, r 1
amd No. 5, 1989, r 1; No. 25, 1991, r 1
sub No. 77, 1991
amd No. 32, 1992, r 1; No. 38, 1996; No. 29, 1997; No. 4, 1999, r 3; No. 39,
2000, r 1; Act No. 41, 2003, s 6; No. 19, 2007, r 3; Act No. 25, 2009, s 11; Act
No. 16, 2012, s 13; Act No. 25, 2015,s 52; Act No. 21, 2020, s 25; Act No. 8,
2024, s 330
r 4 sub No. 25, 1991, r 2
amd Act No. 16, 2012, s 17; Act No. 21, 2020, s 26
r 4A ins No. 25, 1991, r 2; No. 39, 2000, r 2
rep No. 32, 1992, r 2
amd Act No. 1, 2004, s 63; Act No. 16, 2012, s 17
sub Act No. 21, 2020, s 27
r 5 rep No. 32, 1992, r 2
ins No. 50, 1993, r 2
amd No. 4, 1999, r 4; Act No. 16, 2012, s 17; Act No. 21, 2020, s 28
rr 5AA – 5AB ins Act No. 25, 2015,s 53
r 5A ins No. 60, 2011, r 22
r 5B ins Act No. 9, 2015, s 26
amd Act No. 21, 2020, s 29; No. 9, 2024, r 5
r 5C ins Act No. 9, 2015, s 26
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r 6 amd No. 48, 1987, r 2; Act No. 44, 2003, s 6; Act No. 16, 2012, s 17; Act
No. 9, 2015, s 27
r 6AA ins Act No. 9, 2015, s 28
amd Act No. 25, 2015,s 54
r 6A ins Act No. 16, 2012, s 14
r 7 amd No. 48, 1987, r 3; No. 5, 1989, r 2; No. 56, 1990, r 1
rep No. 32, 1992, r 2
r 8 amd No. 4, 1999, r 5; Act No. 16, 2012, s 17
r 9 amd No. 22, 1993; No. 50, 1993, r 3; Act No. 16, 2012, s 17
rep Act No. 9, 2015, s 29
r 10 amd No. 48, 1987, r 4
rep No. 4, 1999, r 6
r 11 sub No. 50, 1993, r 4
amd Act No. 40, 2010, s 202
r 11A ins Act No. 21, 2020, s 30
r 12 amd No. 4, 1999, r 7
sub No. 31, 2005, r 3
amd Act No. 18, 2010, s 89; Act No. 17, 2012, s 55; Act No. 9, 2015, s 30; Act
No. 28, 2018,s 25; Act No. 21, 2020, s 35
r 13 amd No. 50, 1993, r 5; No. 11, 1996, r 1
sub No. 4, 1999, r 8
r 14 sub Act No. 16, 2012, s 15
r 14A ins No. 50, 1993, r 6
sub No. 4, 1999, r 9
amd Act No. 16, 2012, s 17
r 14B ins No. 50, 1993, r 6
rep No. 4, 1999, r 9
r 15 amd Act No. 16, 2012, s 17
sub Act No. 25, 2015,s 55
r 15A ins Act No. 25, 2015,s 55
r 16 amd No. 4, 1999, r 10; Act No. 18, 2004, s 3; Act No. 16, 2012, s 17
r 17 amd Act No. 16, 2012, s 17
r 17A ins No. 48, 1987, r 5
sub Act No. 16, 2012, s 16
rr 17B – 17C ins Act No. 21, 2020, s 31
r 18 amd Act No. 21, 2020, s 32
rr 19 – 24 amd Act No. 25, 2015,s 56
sch amd No. 48, 1987, r 6; No. 5, 1989, r 3; No. 56, 1990, r 2; No. 32, 1992, r 2;
No. 50, 1993, r 7; No. 11, 1996, r 2
rep No. 4, 1999, r 11
sch 1 ins Act No. 25, 2015, s 56
amd Act No. 21, 2022, s 13
sch 2 ins Act No. 25, 2015, s 56
sub No. 26, 2016, r 3
amd Act No. 21, 2020, s 33
sch 2A ins Act No. 21, 2020, s 34
sch 3 ins Act No. 25, 2015, s 56
sub Act No. 21, 2020, s 34
sch 4 ins Act No. 25, 2015, s 56