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Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003
sec.104Contingency account
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### sec.104 Contingency account
The Regulator may establish and maintain a contingency account to meet any future liability against a former self-insurer.
A regulation may prescribe that a specified percentage of the self-insurer’s annual levy may be paid to the account.
Payments may be made from the contingency account if—
a self-insurer’s licence is cancelled; and
the former self-insurer’s section 84 security is exhausted or has been returned; and
WorkCover is unable to recover claims costs from the former self-insurer.
s 104 amd 2013 No. 52 s 114 sch 2 ; 2016 No. 44 s 53 sch 1
(sec.104-ssec.1) The Regulator may establish and maintain a contingency account to meet any future liability against a former self-insurer.
(sec.104-ssec.2) A regulation may prescribe that a specified percentage of the self-insurer’s annual levy may be paid to the account.
(sec.104-ssec.3) Payments may be made from the contingency account if— a self-insurer’s licence is cancelled; and the former self-insurer’s section 84 security is exhausted or has been returned; and WorkCover is unable to recover claims costs from the former self-insurer.
- (a) a self-insurer’s licence is cancelled; and
- (b) the former self-insurer’s section 84 security is exhausted or has been returned; and
- (c) WorkCover is unable to recover claims costs from the former self-insurer.