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Started Jan 05 2013, 18:56
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Jan 05 2013, 18:56
SA introduced the Workmen’s Compensation Act 1900, which was consolidated in 1932 and remained essentially in that form until the introduction of the Workers Compensation Act 1971. The 1971 Act completely restructured the workers’ compensation legislation in the State. The Act increased the amounts of compensation payable and broadened the grounds for which a worker could gain compensation.
In June 1978, the Government established a Committee of Inquiry, chaired by D E Byrne, to examine and report on the most effective means of compensating those injured at work. In September 1980 the Committee released the report entitled ‘A Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Board for South Australia – the key to rapid rehabilitation and equitable compensation for those injured at work (‘Byrne Report’). Included amongst the Committee’s recommendations was that a new Act be introduced repealing the Workers Compensation Act 1971, that a Board be established to administer a workers’ compensation scheme and that the Board be responsible for overseeing and confirming rehabilitation programs.
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