(1) In this Order:basic tariff premium, in relation to a policy, means the basic tariff premium for the policy calculated in accordance with Schedule 3.
category A employer, in relation to a policy, means an employer whose basic tariff premium for the policy at the time at which the insurer first demands a premium for the policy would exceed $3,000, assuming the period of insurance to which the premium relates to be 12 months (whether or not that period of insurance is in fact 12 months).
category B employer means an employer, other than a category A employer.
claim means a claim made by a person against an employer to which a policy relates.
dust diseases contribution, in relation to an employer, means an amount equivalent to the contributions, if any, payable by an insurer in respect of the employer to the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Fund and the Dust Diseases Reserve Fund.
employer includes a person who proposes to become an employer.
insurer means a licensed insurer, or a former licensed insurer, within the meaning of the Act.
per capita rate means a rate specified in Column 3 of Table A that is expressed otherwise than as a percentage.
period of insurance, in relation to a policy, means a period for which an insurer assumes risk under the policy, being a period which commences on the first day on which the policy is in force after having been issued or renewed.
policy or policy of insurance means a policy of insurance within the meaning of the Act.
premiums adjustment contribution, in relation to an employer, means an amount equivalent to such part of the contributions, if any, payable by an insurer to the Premiums Adjustment Fund under section 208 of the Act as relates to the premium payable by the employer to the insurer.
regulations means regulations under the Act.
the Act means the Workers Compensation Act 1987.
wages means wages as defined in section 174 (9) of the Act.
(2) For the purposes of this Order, a person is the predecessor of an employer if the employer has acquired the business of the person. This subclause applies whether the business acquired is the whole or main part of the business of the person or is the whole or main part of a separate and distinct business of the person, and whether or not the business acquired is carried on at the same location.(3) For the purposes of this Order, an employer that is a corporation is related to another corporation (whether or not that other corporation is an employer) if:(a) the employer and the other corporation are, by reason of the Corporations Law, taken to be related to each other, or(b) the directors of the employer are accustomed or under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to act in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of the directors of the other corporation, or(c) the directors of the other corporation are accustomed or under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to act in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of the directors of the employer, or(d) the other corporation is, by reason of the Corporations Law, taken to be related to another corporation the directors of which are accustomed or under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to act in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of the directors of the employer, or(e) the directors of the employer and the directors of the other corporation are accustomed or under an obligation, whether formal or informal, to act in accordance with the directions, instructions or wishes of another person, or(f) the other corporation has a share capital and the directors of the employer may (whether directly or indirectly) exercise, control the exercise of or substantially influence the exercise of, 50 per cent or more of the voting power attached to voting shares issued by the other corporation, or(g) (where the employer and the other corporation are corporations each of which has a share capital) any person who may (whether directly or indirectly) exercise, control the exercise of, or substantially influence the exercise of, 50 per cent or more of the voting power attached to voting shares issued by one of those corporations, may also exercise, control the exercise of or substantially influence the exercise of 50 per cent or more of the voting power attached to voting shares issued by the other corporation.(4) However, an employer that is a corporation is not related, for the purposes of this Order, to another corporation (whether or not that other corporation is an employer) if:(a) the employer and that other corporation are not, by reason of the Corporations Law, taken to be related to each other, and(b) the WorkCover Authority is satisfied that neither the employer nor the other corporation carry on a trade, business or profession so as to avoid or evade the payment of a premium payable by either the employer or the other corporation for a policy.(5) The value of any amount of money calculated or included in a calculation under this Order is to be expressed in dollars.(6) In this Order, a reference to wages which are payable by an employer includes a reference to wages which have been paid by the employer.
(1) In this Order, a reference to wages, in relation to a period of insurance under a policy issued or to be issued to an employer or in relation to a period of 12 months ascertained by reference to any such period of insurance, is a reference:(a) except as provided by paragraph (b), to a reasonable estimate of the monetary value of all wages (not including any wages to which Schedule 8 applies) payable to workers by the employer in respect of the period of insurance or the period of 12 months, as the case may be:(i) as calculated by the insurer by reference to the returns, if any, furnished in accordance with the regulations by the employer to the insurer, or(ii) where the employer does not agree with the estimate of the insurer and applies to the WorkCover Authority for an estimate of that value—as determined by the Authority, or(b) where the monetary value of those wages (not including any wages to which Schedule 8 applies) has been ascertained—to the actual value of those wages.(2) If at any time the employer has failed to furnish the returns in respect of any relevant period of insurance and the monetary value of the wages concerned has not been ascertained, the estimate of the monetary value of those wages is taken to be such amount as is calculated by multiplying the monetary value (or reasonable estimate) of wages for the immediately preceding equivalent period of insurance by 1.2.