Table 8.1: Applicable workers’ compensation legislation

	Applicable workers’ compensation legislation
NSW	Workers Compensation Act 1987 Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942 Workers’ Compensation (Bush Fire, Emergency and Rescue Services) Act 1987 State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015  Historic versions can also be accessed from the same link
Vic	Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013 Accident Compensation Act 1985
Qld	Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 (permalink to current reprint, superseded versions: Act) Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Regulation 2025 (permalink to current reprint, superseded versions: Reg)
WA	Workers Compensation and Injury Management Act 2023 (Other versions of this Act can be found here) Workers Compensation and Injury Management Regulations 2024 (Other versions of the Regulations can be found here)
SA	Return to Work Act 2014 Version valid from 1 July 2015 Return to Work (Scheme Sustainability) Amendment Act 2022 Historical versions can be accessed from South Australian Legislation
Tas	Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (Historic versions can also be accessed from the same link)
ACT	Workers’ Compensation Act 1951 (All versions can be accessed through the ACT Legislation Register)
NT	Return to Work Act 1986 As in force at 28 November 2022 Return to Work Act As in force at 1 October 2015 Return to Work Act As in force at 1 July 2015 Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act As in force at 1 January 2015
Comcare	Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
Seacare	Seafarers’ Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992
DVA	Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004
NZ	Accident Compensation Act 2001