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](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1973-009), 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](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1973-009) 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](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2015-019)) 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— > > > > > (a) if the Self Insurance Corporation is a GSF agency for the purposes of Part 6 of the [Government Sector Finance Act 2018](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2018-055)—in any way that the Self Insurance Corporation is permitted to invest money under that Part, or > > > > > (b) if the Self Insurance Corporation is not a GSF agency for the purposes of Part 6 of the [Government Sector Finance Act 2018](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2018-055)—in any way approved by the Minister with the concurrence of the Treasurer. > > > (4) The Bush Fire Fighters Compensation Fund established under section 17E of the [Workers’ Compensation Act 1926](/view/pdf/asmade/act-1926-15) shall, on the commencement of this Act, be deemed to have been established under this section. > > **s 19:** Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.50 \[1\]; 2015 No 19, Sch 11 \[4\]–\[7\]; 2018 No 70, Sch 3.71 \[1\].