Workplace Injury Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2013

This Division applies to and in relation to all common law proceedings brought or made (as the case may be) on or after 1 July 2014 in respect of which the Authority is liable to indemnify a defendant in whole or in part under this Act, in relation to an injury, disease or death caused to or suffered by a worker that has arisen out of, or in the course of any employment or is due to the nature of employment in which the worker was employed at any time.

A defendant or a common law insurer may enter into an agreement with the Authority that the provisions of this Division do not apply to a common law proceeding to which this Division applies and the provisions of this Division do not thereafter apply to the extent that they are inconsistent with that agreement.