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Workers Compensation Act 1951
179GRegulations about temporary fund
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179G Regulations about temporary fund
(1) A regulation may make provision in relation to the temporary fund,
including—
(a) the imposition of levies on insurers for the fund; and
(b) payments from the fund.
(2) In particular, a regulation may make provision in relation to—
(a) levies for the fund, including their rate; and
(b) payments to the fund, including contributions by the Territory
to the fund; and
(c) payments from the fund, including the information insurers
claiming an entitlement to reimbursement from the fund must
give to the fund’s manager.
(3) However, a regulation must not impose a levy for a period that is—
(a) for a licensed insurer—more than 10% of the premiums received
by the insurer in relation to compulsory insurance policies
issued by the insurer that begin during the period; and
(b) for a licensed self-insurer—more than 10% of the estimated
premium that would have been payable by the licensed
self-insurer for a compulsory insurance policy obtained by the
licensed self-insurer that began at the beginning of the period.