Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

For notices published pursuant to sec 8 (2B) (b) or (3) (d), see Gazettes No 150 of 25.9.1987, p 5480, No 66 of 31.3.1988, p 2066, No 149 of 30.9.1988, p 5151, No 32 of 17.3.1989, p 1432, No 98 of 29.9.1989, p 7783, No 39 of 16.3.1990, p 2224, No 115 of 21.9.1990, p 8577, No 48 of 22.3.1991, p 2392, No 132 of 20.9.1991, p 8177, No 26 of 19.3.1993, p 1291, No 46 of 18.3.1994, p 1233, No 35 of 22.3.1996, p 1270, No 107 of 20.9.1996, p 6491, No 31 of 27.3.1997, p 1777, No 102 of 19.9.1997, p 8160, No 56 of 20.3.1998, p 1770, No 135 of 18.9.1998, p 7640, No 32 of 12.3.1999, p 2236 (and see erratum of Gazette No 47 of 16.4.1999, p 2779), No 109 of 17.9.1999, p 8981, No 37 of 17.3.2000, p 1965, No 127 of 29.9.2000, pp 10824, 10896, No 57 of 23.3.2001, p 1463, No 59 of 15.3.2002, p 1688, No 65 of 22.3.2002, p 1726, No 154 of 27.9.2002, p 8394, No 54 of 28.2.2003, p 3563, No 137 of 5.9.2003, p 9209, No 51 of 5.3.2004, p 1032, No 143 of 10.9.2004, p 7514, No 34 of 18.3.2005, p 799, No 111 of 2.9.2005, p 7225, No 32 of 10.3.2006, p 1185, No 116 of 15.9.2006, p 8068; No 33 of 23.2.2007, p 1114; No 127 of 21.9.2007, pp 7220, 7267; No 30 of 7.3.2008, p 1441; No 100 of 22.8.2008, p 7901; No 52 of 20.3.2009, p 1451; No 111 of 7.8.2009, p 4764; No 34 of 26.2.2010, p 1106; No 108 of 27.8.2010, p 4295; No 24 of 4.3.2011, p 1690 and No 90 of 16.9.2011, p 5563.

Table of amending instruments

Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942 No 14 (formerly Workers’ Compensation (Silicosis) Act 1942). Assented to 24.6.1942. Date of commencement, 1.7.1942, sec 1 (2) and GG No 94 of 26.6.1942, p 1969. This Act has been amended as follows:

1942	No 31	Workers’ Compensation (Silicosis) Amendment Act 1942. Assented to 23.12.1942. Date of commencement, 1.1.1943, sec 1 (4) and GG No 172 of 24.12.1942, p 3237.
1945	No 20	Workers’ Compensation (Amendment) Act 1945. Assented to 5.4.1945. Date of commencement, 1.5.1945, sec 1 (2) and GG No 42 of 27.4.1945, p 777; date of commencement of sec 3, 1.7.1945, sec 3 (3) and GG No 65 of 29.6.1945, p 1095.
1946	No 41	Workers’ Compensation (Amendment) Act 1946. Assented to 21.5.1946. Date of commencement of sec 3 (1), 1.7.1945, sec 3 (2).
1953	No 28	Workers’ Compensation (Silicosis) Amendment Act 1953. Assented to 11.12.1953. Date of commencement, 1.1.1952, sec 1 (3).
1957	No 26	Workers’ Compensation (Silicosis) Amendment Act 1957. Assented to 30.4.1957. Date of commencement, 1.6.1957, sec 1 (3) and GG No 61 of 31.5.1957, p 1683.
1958	No 19	Workers’ Compensation (Silicosis) Amendment Act 1958. Assented to 11.4.1958.
1965	No 33	Decimal Currency Act 1965. Assented to 20.12.1965. Date of commencement of sec 4, 14.2.1966, secs 1 (3), 2 (1) and the Currency Act 1965 (Commonwealth), sec 2 (2).
1967	No 98	Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Amendment Act 1967. Assented to 18.12.1967. Date of commencement of Part 2, 29.2.1968, sec 5 (4) and GG No 20 of 16.2.1968, p 570.
1970	No 67	Workers’ Compensation (Amendment) Act 1970. Assented to 24.11.1970. Date of commencement, secs 15 and 18 excepted, 3.12.1970, sec 1 (2) and GG No 153 of 27.11.1970, p 4759.
1971	No 77	Workers’ Compensation (Amendment) Act 1971. Assented to 21.9.1971. Date of commencement of sec 6, 13.1.1972, sec 1 (2) and GG No 1 of 7.1.1975, p 1.
1975	No 44	Workers’ Compensation (Amendment) Act 1975. Assented to 18.4.1975. Date of commencement of sec 10, 1.5.1975, sec 2 (3) and GG No 61 of 24.4.1975, p 1579.
	No 104	Workers’ Compensation (Further Amendment) Act 1975. Assented to 18.12.1975. Date of commencement of Sch 8, 2.1.1976, sec 2 (2) and GG No 2 of 2.1.1976, p 12.
1977	No 123	Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Amendment Act 1977. Assented to 9.12.1977.
1981	No 74	Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Amendment Act 1981. Assented to 28.5.1981. Date of commencement of Sch 1 (2), 17.12.1980, sec 2 (4).
1983	No 153	Miscellaneous Acts (Public Finance and Audit) Repeal and Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 29.12.1983. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 6.1.1984, sec 2 (2) and GG No 4 of 6.1.1984, p 19.
	No 208	Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 31.12.1983.
1984	No 93	Miscellaneous Acts (Workers’ Compensation) Amendment Act 1984. Assented to 28.6.1984. Date of commencement of Sch 1, Part 1 (except as provided by sec 2 (3)), 3.12.1984, sec 2 (3) and GG No 167 of 30.11.1984, p 5791.
	No 153	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1984. Assented to 10.12.1984.
1985	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Workers’ Compensation) Amendment Act 1985. Assented to 5.6.1985. Date of commencement of Sch 1 (except as provided by sec 2 (2)), 30.6.1985, sec 2 (2) and GG No 93 of 14.6.1985, p 2596.
1987	No 48	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1) 1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. Date of commencement of Sch 32 (except as provided by sec 2 (13)), 11.9.1987, sec 2 (12) and GG No 136 of 28.8.1987, p 4809.
	No 84	Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Amendment Act 1987. Assented to 10.6.1987. Date of commencement, 30.6.1987, sec 2 (2) and GG No 102 of 17.6.1987, p 2944.
1988	No 132	Workers Compensation (Amendment) Act 1988. Assented to 30.12.1988. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942, 1.7.1989, sec 2 (1) and GG No 81 of 30.6.1989, p 3822.
1989	No 64	Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Amendment Act 1989. Assented to 23.5.1989. Date of commencement, 26.4.1991, sec 2 and GG No 59 of 19.4.1991, p 2933.
	No 119	Workers Compensation (Compensation Court) Amendment Act 1989. Assented to 24.8.1989. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.10.1989, sec 2 (1) and GG No 94 of 15.9.1989, p 6958.
	No 121	WorkCover Legislation (Amendment) Act 1989. Assented to 24.8.1989. Date of commencement, 1.1.1990, sec 2 and GG No 124 of 22.12.1989, p 11040.
	No 133	Workers Compensation (Benefits) Amendment Act 1989. Assented to 5.9.1989. Date of commencement of Sch 10 (1) (a), 25.5.1992, sec 2 (1) and GG No 55 of 1.5.1992, p 2988; date of commencement of Sch 10 (1) (b)–(f) and (2), 1.10.1989, sec 2 (1) and GG No 98 of 29.9.1989, p 7777.
1991	No 99	Workers Compensation (Benefits) Amendment Act 1991. Assented to 17.12.1991. Date of commencement of Sch 6, 1.2.1992, sec 2 and GG No 15 of 31.1.1992, p 518.
1992	No 36	Workers Compensation Legislation (Amendment) Act 1992. Assented to 18.5.1992. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.1992, sec 2 and GG No 72 of 19.6.1992, p 4069.
	No 112	Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1994	No 6	Workers Compensation Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1994. Assented to 2.5.1994. Date of commencement of Sch 3 (Sch 3 (3) and (6) excepted), assent, sec 2; date of commencement of Sch 3 (3) and (6), 1.9.1994, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 12.8.1994, p 4226.
	No 10	Workers Compensation Legislation (Amendment) Act 1994. Assented to 4.5.1994. Date of commencement, 1.9.1994, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 12.8.1994, p 4225.
1995	No 30	Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 1995. Assented to 19.6.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 14, 1.9.1995, sec 2 and GG No 105 of 1.9.1995, p 5049.
	No 89	WorkCover Legislation Amendment Act 1995. Assented to 20.12.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 7, 1.2.1996, sec 2 (1) and GG No 155 of 20.12.1995, p 8675.
1996	No 30	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996. Assented to 21.6.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 3 months after assent, sec 2 (3).
	No 120	WorkCover Legislation Amendment Act 1996. Assented to 3.12.1996. Date of commencement of Sch 2.9, 12.1.1997, sec 2 and GG No 4 of 10.1.1997, p 49.
1998	No 85	Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 14.7.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.8.1998, sec 2 and GG No 115 of 31.7.1998, p 5747.
	No 130	Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment (Dust Diseases and Other Matters) Act 1998. Assented to 26.11.1998. Date of commencement, 1.12.1998, sec 2 and GG No 165 of 27.11.1998, p 9016.
1999	No 31	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
2000	No 44	Intergovernmental Agreement Implementation (GST) Act 2000. Assented to 27.6.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 12, 30.6.2000, sec 2 (2).
	No 87	Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2000. Assented to 6.12.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 23.3, 4.3.2001, sec 2 (1) and GG No 41 of 23.2.2001, p 780.
2002	No 23	Compensation Court Repeal Act 2002. Assented to 21.6.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 1.14, 1.1.2004, sec 2 (2).
	No 129	Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 2002. Assented to 16.12.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 2.19, 23.12.2006, sec 2 and GG No 189 of 22.12.2006, p 11542. Amended by Mine Health and Safety Act 2004 No 74. Assented to 28.9.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 3 [67], 22.12.2006, sec 2 and GG No 189 of 22.12.2006, p 11544. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2007 No 27. Assented to 4.7.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (2).
2003	No 29	Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 8.7.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.8.2003, sec 2 and GG No 121 of 1.8.2003, p 7530.
2004	No 111	Workers Compensation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 15.12.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
2005	No 28	Civil Procedure Act 2005. Assented to 1.6.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 5.54, 15.8.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 100 of 10.8.2005, p 4205.
	No 64	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 1.51, assent, sec 2 (2).
2007	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2010	No 19	Relationships Register Act 2010. Assented to 19.5.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 134	Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Amendment Act 2010. Assented to 7.12.2010. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2012	No 54	Safety, Return to Work and Support Board Act 2012. Assented to 27.6.2012. Date of commencement, 1.8.2012, sec 2 and 2012 (337) LW 27.7.2012.

This Act has also been amended:

(a) by a Regulation under sec 10 (3), and

(b)  pursuant to an order under secs 8 (2) and 9 (3) of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (formerly Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 23.2.1976, and published in GG No 26 of 27.2.1976, p 869, declaring that:
(i)  the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 applies, and

(ii)  the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Act 1942, sec 8 (1) (c) excepted, is an enactment to which sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 applies.

Table of amendments

No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965, the Reprints Act 1972, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1996.

Sec 1	Am 1970 No 67, sec 14 (1) (a); 1983 No 208, Sch 2 (1); 1987 No 84, Sch 1 (1).
Sec 2	Am 1967 No 98, sec 3 (1) (a); 1983 No 208, Sch 2 (2).
Sec 3	Am 1942 No 31, sec 3 (a); 1957 No 26, sec 2 (a); 1967 No 98, sec 3 (1) (b); 1983 No 208, Schs 1 (1), 2 (3); 1989 No 121, Sch 1 (1); 1994 No 6, Sch 3 (1); 1995 No 89, Sch 7 (2)–(4); 1998 No 85, Sch 2.13 [1] [2]; 1998 No 130, Sch 6 [1]–[3]; 2002 No 129, Sch 2.19 [1] (subst 2004 No 74, Sch 3 [67]) [2] (subst 2004 No 74, Sch 3 [67]); 2010 No 19, Sch 3.127 [1]–[4].
Sec 4	Rep 1957 No 26, sec 2 (b).
Sec 5	Am 1957 No 26, sec 2 (c); 1958 No 19, sec 2 (a); 1967 No 98, secs 3 (1) (c), 5 (1) (a); 1983 No 208, Schs 1 (2), 2 (4); 1989 No 121, Sch 1 (2); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1994 No 10, Sch 6 (1); 1998 No 130, Sch 6 [4] [5].
Sec 5AA	Ins 1994 No 6, Sch 3 (2).
Sec 5A	Ins 1983 No 208, Sch 1 (3). Am 1994 No 10, Sch 6 (2).
Sec 6	Am 1942 No 31, sec 3 (b); 1945 No 20, sec 3 (1); 1946 No 41, sec 3 (1); 1953 No 28, sec 2 (a); 1957 No 26, sec 2 (d); 1967 No 98, secs 3 (1) (d), 5 (1) (b); 1975 No 104, Sch 8; 1981 No 74, Sch 1 (1); 1983 No 153, Sch 1; 1983 No 208, Schs 1 (4), 2 (5); 1987 No 84, Sch 1 (2); 1989 No 64, sec 3; 1989 No 121, Sch 1 (3); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1994 No 6, Sch 3 (3); 1994 No 10, Sch 6 (3); 1995 No 89, Sch 7 (5) (6); 1996 No 120, Sch 2.9 (1)–(3); 1998 No 85, Sch 2.13 [3] [4]; 1998 No 130, Sch 6 [6]; 2000 No 87, Sch 23.3 [1]–[5]; 2002 No 129, Sch 2.19 [3] (subst 2004 No 74, Sch 3 [67]) [4] (subst 2004 No 74, Sch 3 [67]); 2005 No 64, Sch 1.51; 2012 No 54, Sch 3.7 [1] [2].
Sec 7	Am 1942 No 31, sec 3 (c); 1957 No 26, sec 2 (e); 1958 No 19, sec 2 (b); 1967 No 98, sec 3 (1) (e); 1983 No 208, Schs 1 (5), 2 (6); 1989 No 121, Sch 1 (4); 1994 No 6, Sch 3 (4); 1994 No 10, Sch 6 (4).
Sec 8	Am 1942 No 31, sec 3 (d); 1953 No 28, sec 2 (b); 1957 No 26, sec 2 (f); 1958 No 19, sec 2 (c); 1967 No 98, secs 3 (1) (f), 4, 5 (1) (c); 1970 No 67, sec 14 (1) (b); 1971 No 77, sec 6 (1); 1975 No 44, sec 10 (1); 1977 No 123, Sch 1; 1981 No 74, Sch 1 (2); 1983 No 208, Schs 1 (6), 2 (7); 1984 No 93, Sch 1, Part 1; 1984 No 153, Sch 16; 1987 No 84, Sch 1 (3); 1989 No 133, Sch 10 (1); 1991 No 99, Sch 6; 1992 No 36, Sch 2; 1994 No 10, Sch 6 (5); 1995 No 30, Sch 14; 1996 No 120, Sch 2.9 (4); 1998 No 85, Sch 2.13 [3] [4]; 1998 No 130, Sch 6 [7]–[12]; 2002 No 129, Sch 2.19 [2] (subst 2004 No 74, Sch 3 [67]); 2004 No 111, Sch 3 [1]; 2010 No 134, Sch 1 [1]–[3].
Sec 8A	Ins 1953 No 28, sec 2 (c). Am 1957 No 26, sec 2 (g); 1967 No 98, secs 3 (1) (g), 5 (1) (d); 1983 No 208, Sch 2 (8).
Sec 8AA	Ins 1967 No 98, sec 5 (1) (e). Am 1983 No 208, Sch 2 (9); 1992 No 112, Sch 1.
Sec 8B	Ins 1957 No 26, sec 2 (h). Am 1967 No 98, sec 3 (1) (h); 1983 No 208, Sch 2 (10).
Sec 8C	Ins 1957 No 26, sec 2 (h). Am 1967 No 98, sec 3 (1) (i).
Sec 8D	Ins 1957 No 26, sec 2 (h). Am 1967 No 98, sec 3 (1) (j); 1983 No 208, Sch 2 (11); 1987 No 84, Sch 1 (4).
Sec 8E	Ins 1967 No 98, sec 5 (1) (f). Rep 1983 No 208, Sch 1 (7). Ins 1998 No 130, Sch 6 [13]. Am 2003 No 29, Sch 4 [1]–[7].
Sec 8F	Ins 1967 No 98, sec 5 (1) (f). Am 1983 No 208, Sch 2 (12); 1992 No 112, Sch 1. Rep 1994 No 6, Sch 3 (5).
Sec 8G	Ins 1967 No 98, sec 5 (1) (f). Am 1983 No 208, Sch 2 (13); 1999 No 31, Sch 4.107; 2007 No 94, Sch 4.
Sec 8H	Ins 1967 No 98, sec 5 (1) (f). Am 1983 No 208, Schs 1 (8), 2 (14); 1984 No 93, Sch 1, Part 1; 1987 No 84, Sch 1 (5); 1988 No 132, Sch 2; 1989 No 121, Sch 1 (5); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1998 No 85, Sch 2.13 [5].
Sec 8I	Ins 1983 No 208, Sch 1 (9). Am 1985 No 94, Sch 1; 1987 No 84, Sch 1 (6); 1989 No 119, Sch 2; 1994 No 10, Sch 6 (6); 2002 No 23, Sch 1.14.
Sec 9	Am 1942 No 31, sec 3 (e); 1967 No 98, sec 3 (1) (k).
Sec 9A	Ins 1994 No 6, Sch 3 (6).
Sec 10	Am 1958 No 19, sec 2 (d); 1967 No 98, secs 3 (1) (l), 5 (1) (g); 1983 No 208, Schs 1 (10), 2 (15); 1987 No 48, Sch 32; 1987 No 84, Sch 1 (7); 1992 No 112, Sch 1; 1995 No 89, Sch 7 (7); 2002 No 129, Sch 2.19 [4] (subst 2004 No 74, Sch 3 [67]; am 2007 No 27, Sch 2.10 [4]).
Sec 11	Ins 1989 No 133, Sch 10 (2).
Secs 12, 13	Ins 1995 No 89, Sch 7 (8).
Sch 1, heading	Subst 1995 No 89, Sch 7 (9).
Sch 1 (previously Sch)	Ins 1967 No 98, sec 3 (1) (m). Am 1983 No 208, Sch 1 (11); GG No 199 of 31.12.1987, p 7272.
Sch 1A	Ins 2003 No 29, Sch 4 [8]. Am 2005 No 28, Sch 5.54.
Sch 2	Ins 1995 No 89, Sch 7 (10). Am 1998 No 130, Sch 6 [14] [15]; 2000 No 44, Sch 12.4; 2003 No 29, Sch 4 [9] [10]; 2004 No 111, Sch 3 [2]; 2010 No 134, Sch 1 [4] [5].
The whole Act	Am 1995 No 89, Sch 7 (1) (“the Schedule” omitted wherever occurring, “Schedule 1” inserted instead).