31Emergency and Rescue Workers Compensation Fund

#### 31 Emergency and Rescue Workers Compensation Fund 31 Emergency and Rescue Workers Compensation Fund (cf former s 17P) > > (1) There shall be established in the Special Deposits Account in the Treasury an account to be called the “Emergency and Rescue Workers Compensation Fund”, which shall be kept jointly in an account with the Bush Fire Fighters Compensation Fund constituted under Part 2. > > > (1A) The Emergency and Rescue Workers Compensation Fund is to be administered by the Self Insurance Corporation. > > > (2) There shall be paid into the Emergency and Rescue Workers Compensation Fund such amounts as are appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of the Fund and any investment earnings accruing from the investment of the Fund. > > > (3) There shall be paid from the Emergency and Rescue Workers 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 30 (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. > > > (4) If at the time compensation becomes payable under this Part there is insufficient money in the Emergency and Rescue Workers Compensation Fund to meet the claim, the balance required to meet the claim shall be transferred from the Consolidated Fund (which is appropriated accordingly). > > > (5) The Self Insurance Corporation may invest money in the Emergency and Rescue Workers 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. > > **s 31:** Am 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.50 \[2\]; 2015 No 19, Sch 11 \[9\]–\[12\]; 2018 No 70, Sch 3.71 \[2\].