sec.149Criteria for obligation of employer to appoint— Act , s 226

sec.149 Criteria for obligation of employer to appoint— Act , s 226

For section 226 (1) of the Act , an employer must appoint a rehabilitation and return to work coordinator if— for an employer who employs workers at a workplace in a high risk industry—the wages of the employer in Queensland for the preceding financial year were more than 2,600 times QOTE; or otherwise—the wages of the employer in Queensland for the preceding financial year were more than 5,200 times QOTE. For the purpose of section 226 (3) (a) of the Act , an employer is taken to have established a workplace, or started to employ workers at the workplace, only when the employer first meets the criteria prescribed under subsection (1) . An employer may appoint a person as the rehabilitation and return to work coordinator for more than 1 workplace if the person can reasonably perform the person’s functions as a rehabilitation and return to work coordinator for each workplace. In this section— high risk industry means an industry specified by the Regulator by gazette notice as a high risk industry for the purpose of this section. (sec.149-ssec.1) For section 226 (1) of the Act , an employer must appoint a rehabilitation and return to work coordinator if— for an employer who employs workers at a workplace in a high risk industry—the wages of the employer in Queensland for the preceding financial year were more than 2,600 times QOTE; or otherwise—the wages of the employer in Queensland for the preceding financial year were more than 5,200 times QOTE. (sec.149-ssec.2) For the purpose of section 226 (3) (a) of the Act , an employer is taken to have established a workplace, or started to employ workers at the workplace, only when the employer first meets the criteria prescribed under subsection (1) . (sec.149-ssec.3) An employer may appoint a person as the rehabilitation and return to work coordinator for more than 1 workplace if the person can reasonably perform the person’s functions as a rehabilitation and return to work coordinator for each workplace. (sec.149-ssec.4) In this section— high risk industry means an industry specified by the Regulator by gazette notice as a high risk industry for the purpose of this section.

• (a) for an employer who employs workers at a workplace in a high risk industry—the wages of the employer in Queensland for the preceding financial year were more than 2,600 times QOTE; or
• (b) otherwise—the wages of the employer in Queensland for the preceding financial year were more than 5,200 times QOTE.