SCHEDULE 9 - Savings and trans SCHEDULE 9 - Savings and transitional provisions in relation to the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Reform Act 1995

Section 164

1.   Interpretation

In this Schedule –

commencement day means the day on which the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Reform Act 1995 commences;

Workers Compensation Board means the Workers Compensation Board constituted under section 8 , as in force immediately before the commencement day;

Workplace Safety Board means the Workplace Safety Board of Tasmania established under section 8 .

2.   Acts, &c., done by or to the Workers Compensation Board

All acts, matters and things done or omitted to be done by, or done or suffered in relation to, the Workers Compensation 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 Workplace Safety Board.

3.   Property and rights, &c.

On the commencement day, the property and rights of the Workers Compensation Board vest in the Workplace Safety Board and the liabilities of the Workers Compensation Board become the liabilities of the Workplace Safety 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 Workers Compensation Board are taken to be money, debts or claims payable to, due to or recoverable by the Workplace Safety 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 Workers Compensation Board are taken to be money, debts or claims payable by, due from or recoverable against the Workplace Safety Board.