Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Regulations 2021 (Tas)

Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Regulations 2021

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011 .

11 October 2021

B.BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

ELISE ARCHER

Minister for Workplace Safety and Consumer Affairs

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Regulations 2021 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on 26 October 2021.

3. Interpretation In these regulations – Act means the Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011 ; application means any application made to the Commissioner or the Tribunal under the Act; document includes – (a) a copy of a document; and (b) an audio tape or soundtrack or compact disc; and (c) a computer program or software and any other information recorded in or processed by a computer; and (d) a film, photograph, videotape or cinematographic film; inspect includes the following, with or without the aid of equipment: (a) view data or visual images embodied in any device; (b) listen to sounds embodied in any device; (c) reproduce sounds, data or visual images embodied in any device; proof of evidence means a written statement containing the substance of an expert witness's evidence; property includes real and personal property.

PART 2 - Prescribed Amounts

4. Age-related units of compensation (1) For the purposes of section 72(2)(b) of the Act, the number of compensation units, for a person who is, on the commencement day, of an age specified in column 2 in Schedule 1 , is the number specified opposite in column 3 of that Schedule. (2) For the purposes of section 72(4)(b) of the Act, the number of compensation units, for a person who is, on the day referred to in that provision, of an age specified in column 2 in Schedule 1 , is the number specified opposite in column 3 of that Schedule.