Summary
Amends the:
Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991
to provide that the manufacture, supply, installation, design and safe use of lifts are regulated;
Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
to: restore Comcare’s access to the Consolidated Revenue Fund to pay compensation claims for diseases with long latency periods; re-instate workers’ compensation claims arising from off-site recess injuries; allow for compensation for medical expenses to be paid when payment of compensation benefits is suspended; and set time limits within which claims must be determined; and
Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991
,
Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993
and
Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992
to make amendments consequent on the commencement of the
Legislative Instruments Act 2003
.