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 Transitional legislation provisions
NSWWorkers Compensation Act 1987 — Schedule 6
VicAccident Compensation Act 1985
Accident Compensation (WorkCover Insurance) Act 1993
Workers’ Compensation Act 1958
QldWorkers’ Compensation Act 1916Workers’ Compensation Act 1990
WorkCover Queensland Act 1996
WAWorkers Compensation and Injury Management Act 2023, Part 14
SAReturn to Work Act 2014
Return to Work Regulations 2015 — Part 11 (Schedule 9 Part 9 of the Act)
TasWorkers’ Compensation Act 1927 (for injuries prior to 15 November 1988)
Workers’ (Occupational Diseases) Relief Fund Act 1954
ACTThe ACT legislation is a consolidation of previous enactments
NTWorkmen’s Compensation Ordinance 1949
Workmen’s Compensation Act 1979
Work Health Act 1986
Workers rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2008
Return to Work Act 1986
ComcareA person who has a date of injury under a previous Act (the 1971, 1930 or 1912 Acts) is entitled to compensation under s124 of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 if compensation for that injury would have been payable under a previous Act.
SeacareA person who has a date of injury under the Seamen’s Compensation Act 1911 is entitled to compensation under the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 if compensation for that injury would have been payable under the earlier Act (Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1992)
DVAMilitary Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004
NZAccident Compensation Act 2001