Sporting Injuries Insurance Regulation 2019 (2019-435) (NSW)

Sporting Injuries Insurance Regulation 2019

1 Name of Regulation This Regulation is the Sporting Injuries Insurance Regulation 2019.

2 Commencement This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

Note— This Regulation repeals and replaces the Sporting Injuries Insurance Regulation 2014, which would otherwise be repealed on 1 September 2019 by section 10(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989.

3 Definition (1) In this Regulation— the Act means the Sporting Injuries Insurance Act 1978.

Note— The Act and the Interpretation Act 1987 contain definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Regulation. (2) Notes included in this Regulation do not form part of this Regulation.

4 Delegation to authorised persons The appointed directors of the ICNSW Board (within the meaning of the State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015) are authorised as a class of persons for the purposes of section 10 of the Act.

5 Funeral expenses For the purposes of section 27(3) of the Act, the amount prescribed is— (a) $9,000, or (b) if a different amount was prescribed on the date that the person, in respect of whom the application is made, died—that other amount.

6 Prescribed percentage of permanent loss For the purposes of Table A in Schedule 1 to the Act, the prescribed percentage of permanent loss with respect to an injury occurring on or after the commencement of this Regulation is as follows— (a) for paragraph (a) of Part 1 and paragraph (a) of Part 2, in the case of the permanent loss of the use of the whole, or the greater part, of either arm or either leg—30 per cent, (b) for paragraph (a) of item 1 of Part 4, in the case of permanent loss of hearing in both ears—10 per cent, (c) in all other cases—50 per cent.