Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003

The Regulator has the following functions—

to regulate the workers’ compensation scheme;

to monitor the compliance of insurers with this Act;

to monitor the performance of insurers under this Act, including the consistent application of this Act;

to decide applications relating to self-insurance;

to approve amounts payable under an industrial instrument for the purposes of section 107B;

to undertake reviews of decisions under chapter 13, part 2 and manage appeals under chapter 13, part 3;

to support and oversee the efficient administration of medical assessment tribunals;

to undertake workplace rehabilitation and return to work accreditation activities;

to provide rehabilitation advisory services;

to maintain a database for scheme-wide reporting;

to promote education about the workers’ compensation scheme;

to collect fees under the Act;

to administer grants under the Act;

to conduct and defend proceedings under this Act before a court or tribunal;

to perform other functions given to the Regulator under this or another Act.

To remove any doubt, it is declared that proceedings mentioned in subsection (1)(n) may be taken by or against the Regulator in the name ‘the Workers’ Compensation Regulator’.