Work Injury Compensation Act 2019 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Work Injury Compensation Insurance
24. Employer must be insured against liabilities under Act
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Every employer must insure and maintain insurance under one or more approved employee insurance policies with one or more designated employer’s insurers against all liabilities that the employer may incur under this Act in respect of every employee of the employer.
employer
“employer” means any person (A) who employs an individual (B) under a contract of service and includes —(a)the Government, if B belongs to a class or description of employees of the Government declared to be employees for the purposes of this Act under paragraph (a) of the definition of “employee”;(b)the legal personal representative of A, if A is deceased;(c)a duly authorised agent or manager of A;(d)the person who owns or is carrying on, or for the time being is responsible for the management of, the profession, business, trade or work in which B is engaged; and(e)where B is employed for the purpose of any game or recreation and engaged or paid through a club, the manager or members of the managing committee of that club.
Subsection (1) —
does not apply in respect of the excluded classes of employees prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph; and
applies subject to any minimum prescribed amount for which an employer must be insured in respect of any of the employer’s liabilities under this Act.