19Bush Fire Fighters Compensation Fund

19 Bush Fire Fighters Compensation Fund

19 Bush Fire Fighters Compensation Fund

(cf former s 17E)

(1) There shall be established and kept in the Special Deposits Account in the Treasury an account to be called the “Bush Fire Fighters Compensation Fund”.

(1A) The Bush Fire Fighters Compensation Fund is to be administered by the Self Insurance Corporation.

(2) There shall be paid into the Bush Fire Fighters Compensation Fund—

(a) the amounts required to be transferred to the Fund under section 20, and

(b) such amounts as are appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of the Fund, and

(c) the investment earnings accruing from the investment of the Fund.

(3) There shall be paid from the Bush Fire Fighters Compensation Fund—

(a) compensation payable under this Part,

(a1) to the Minister administering the District Court Act 1973, such of the costs of operation of the District Court relating to determinations under section 16 (4), being costs incurred after 30 June 2005, as the Minister administering the District Court Act 1973 and the Minister administering this Act agree are to be paid from the Fund,

(b) the costs of administration of this Part, and

(c) all expenses incurred by the Self Insurance Corporation in the exercise of its functions under this Part, and

(d) all expenses incurred by or on behalf of a NSW Government agency in providing services (including staff and facilities) for or in connection with the compensation scheme established under this Part, and

(e) all expenses (as approved by the Minister administering Part 3 of the State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015) incurred by the State Insurance Regulatory Authority in exercising functions in relation to that scheme.

(3A) The Self Insurance Corporation may invest money in the Bush Fire Fighters Compensation Fund that is not immediately required for the Fund—