164BAATransitional provisions consequent on enactment of Workers Rehabilitation Amendment Act 2017

164BAA Transitional provisions consequent on enactment of Workers Rehabilitation Amendment Act 2017

[Section 164BAA Inserted by No. 39 of 2017, s. 44, Applied:01 Jan 2018]

(1)  In this section –

amending Act means the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2017 ;

commencement day means the day on which section 9 of this Act is amended by the amending Act.

(2)  The appointment of a person who, immediately before the commencement day, is a member of the Board by virtue of being appointed under section 9(1)(b) , (c) , (d) , (e) or (f) , as in force before that day, is terminated on that day.

(3)  A person whose appointment as a member of the Board is terminated under subsection (2) is not entitled to any compensation or other payment in respect of that termination.

(4)  If, on the commencement day, all of the members referred to in section 9(1)(b) have not been appointed under that section as in force on and from that day –

(a) the Secretary is to be taken to be a member of the Board; and

(b) the Board is, despite section 9 , to be comprised by the Secretary alone –

until all members have been appointed under section 9(1)(b) as in force after that day.

(5)  A person who was, immediately before the commencement day, an accredited person under section 77C , is to be taken to have been accredited under that section as in force after the commencement day.

(6)  The amendments to section 87 made by the amending Act apply in relation to an injury of a worker and a claim in relation to such an injury whether the injury or claim occurred or was made before or after the day on which those amendments commence.