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AUS-1990-L-21356
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Workers' Compensation Act 1990. No. 110.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Australia
Territorial subdivision(s)
Queensland
Subjects (Classification)
Occupational safety and health; Social security (general standards); Disabled workers; Employment accident and occupational disease benefit; Old-age, invalidity and survivors benefit
Adopted on (Date of text)
1990-12-18
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
An Act to provide for compensation and rehabilitation of injured workers and for related purposes. Specifically, the Act is designed to provide for the maintenance of a system of accident insurance providing cover for workers who suffer injury and for dependants of workers whose death results from injury; to meet the needs of workers and dependants, including adequate income and medical treatment; to promote the rehabilitation of injured workers and occupational safety in industry; and to protect employers in relation to claims for damages on account of injury to a worker. The Workers Compensation Act of 1916, as amended, the Workers' Compensation (Lead Poisoning, Mount Isa) Act of 1933, as amended, and Part III of the State Government Insurance Office (Queensland) Act and Another Act Amendment Act of 1965 are repealed.
Entry dates region
Date of entry into force
1990-01-01
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Amending Text region
Amending text(s)
1993-09-30 (AUS-1993-L-34653)
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act (No. 48 of 1993)
Amending text(s)
1993-09-30 (AUS-1993-L-34653)
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act (No. 48 of 1993)
Amending text(s)
1995-11-28 (AUS-1995-L-42786)
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1995 (No. 56 of 1995).
Amending text(s)
1995-11-28 (AUS-1995-L-42786)
Workers' Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2) 1995 (No. 56 of 1995).
Repealing Text region
Repealing text(s)
2003-05-23 (AUS-2003-L-97981)
Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 No. 27.
Serial region
Serial title
Printed separately
Date
1990
Page range
95 p.