624Transitional provision—Local Government Legislation Amendment (Rating and Other Matters) Act 2022 731

624 Transitional provision—Local Government Legislation Amendment (Rating and Other Matters) Act 2022 731

625 Transitional provision—Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment (WorkCover Scheme Modernisation) Act 2024 731

626 Transitional provisions—Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2025—administration of Authority 733

627 Transitional provisions—Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2025—sections 214A and 545 734

628 Transitional provision—Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2025—section 224 734

629 Transitional provision—Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Amendment Act 2025—section 241 735

Schedules 737

Schedule 1—Further interpretative provisions 737

Schedule 2—Pre-injury average weekly earnings 769

Schedule 3—Modification to degrees of impairment for the purposes of Division 5 of Part 5 774

Schedule 4—No Disadvantage—Compensation Table 776

Schedule 5—Table to be used to determine settlement amounts under section 246 780

Schedule 6—Self-insurers—Pre-application eligibility fee 781

Schedule 7—Application fee for approval as self‑insurer 782

Schedule 8—Persons to whom document may be produced or information communicated or divulged 785

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Endnotes 788

1 General information 788

2 Table of Amendments 790

3 Explanatory details 797

Version No. 052

Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013

No. 67 of 2013

Version incorporating amendments as at

The Parliament of Victoria enacts:

Part 1—Preliminary

Division 1—Introductory

1 Purpose

The purpose of this Act is to—

(a) simplify the provisions applying to the rehabilitation of injured workers and compensation in relation to injuries or deaths arising out of accidents and diseases in the workplace on or after 1 July 2014; and

(b) streamline the provisions of the Accident Compensation Act 1985 which continue to apply in respect of injuries or deaths arising out of accidents and diseases in the workplace before 1 July 2014; and

(c) provide a single gateway for claims for compensation whether under this Act or the Accident Compensation Act 1985; and