Table 8.2: Transitional legislation provisions | Safe Work Australia

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	Transitional legislation provisions
NSW	Workers Compensation Act 1987 — Schedule 6
Vic	Accident Compensation Act 1985 Accident Compensation (WorkCover Insurance) Act 1993 Workers’ Compensation Act 1958
Qld	Workers’ Compensation Act 1916 Workers’ Compensation Act 1990 WorkCover Queensland Act 1996
WA	Workers’ Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981
SA	Return to Work Act 2014 Return to Work Regulations 2015 — Part 11 (Schedule 9 Part 9 of the Act)
Tas	Workers’ Compensation Act 1927 (for injuries prior to 15 November 1988) Workers’ (Occupational Diseases) Relief Fund Act 1954
NT	Workmen’s Compensation Ordinance 1949 Workmen’s Compensation Act 1979 Work Health Act 1986 Workers rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2008 Return to Work Act 1986
ACT	The ACT legislation is a consolidation of previous enactments
C’wealth Comcare	A person who has a date of injury under a previous Act (the 1971, 1930 or 1912 Acts) is entitled to compensation under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 if compensation for that injury would have been payable under a previous Act.
C’wealth Seacare	A person who has a date of injury under the Seamen’s Compensation Act 1911 is entitled to compensation under the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 if compensation for that injury would have been payable under the earlier Act ( Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1992 )
C’wealth DVA	Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Act 2004
New Zealand	Accident Compensation Act 2001