SCHEDULE 10 - Savings and tran SCHEDULE 10 - Savings and transitional provisions in relation to Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2000

[Schedule 10 Inserted by No. 99 of 2000, s. 81, Applied:01 Jul 2001]

Section 8(4)

1.   Interpretation

In this Schedule –

commencement day means the day on which the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2000 commenced;

WorkCover Tasmania Board means the WorkCover Tasmania Board established under section 8 ;

Workplace Safety Board means the Workplace Safety Board of Tasmania established under section 8 , as in force immediately before the commencement day.

2.   Acts, &c., done by or to Workplace Safety Board

All acts, matters and things done or omitted to be done by, or done or suffered in relation to, the Workplace Safety Board before the commencement day have, on and after that day, the same force and effect as if they had been done or omitted to be done by, or done or suffered in relation to, the WorkCover Tasmania Board.

3.   Property and rights, &c.

On the commencement day, the property and rights of the Workplace Safety Board vest in the WorkCover Tasmania Board and the liabilities of the Workplace Safety Board become the liabilities of the WorkCover Tasmania Board.

4.   Money and claims

On the commencement day –

(a) all money, debts and claims, liquidated or unliquidated, that, immediately before that day, was or were payable to, due to or recoverable by the Workplace Safety Board are taken to be money, debts or claims payable to, due to or recoverable by the WorkCover Tasmania Board; and

(b) all money, debts and claims, liquidated or unliquidated, that, immediately before that day, was or were payable by, due from, or recoverable against the Workplace Safety Board are taken to be money, debts or claims payable by, due from or recoverable against the WorkCover Tasmania Board.