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Workers Compensation Act 1987
234Application of Guarantee Fund
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#### 234 Application of Guarantee Fund
234 Application of Guarantee Fund
(cf former s 30X)
> > (1) Out of the Guarantee Fund, the Authority as manager of that Fund—
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> > > (a) shall pay the amount of any claim, judgment or award arising from or relating to any policy of insurance issued by an insolvent insurer, being a claim, judgment or award that it proposes to satisfy as agent and attorney of an employer, and any other amounts required by this Division to be paid from that Fund, and
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> > > (b) is entitled—
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> > > > (i) to be paid the costs of administration of the Guarantee Fund (including any legal or other costs connected with the declaration of an insurer as an insolvent insurer), and
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> > > > (ii) to be indemnified against all payments made by it and all costs and expenses that it may incur in or in connection with the exercise of its functions under this Division.
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> > (2) Where a payment is made by the Authority as agent and attorney of an employer, being a payment authorised by this Division, the Authority shall not be entitled to recover the amount of that payment from the employer.
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> **s 234:** Am 1991 No 2, Sch 3 (8) (11).