Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Permanent Partial Disability Supplements), 2015 Albanese, Laura — Bill 133 (41st Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 133, 41-1

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Bill 133, Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Permanent Partial Disability Supplements), 2015

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Bill 133 2015

Act to amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 respecting permanent

partial disability supplements

Her

Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of Ontario, enacts as follows:

Section

110 of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997

is amended by adding the following subsections:

Same

(6) Paragraph 4 of subsection 147 (16) of

the pre-1997 Act shall be deemed to be repealed.

Same

(7) Paragraph 4 of subsection 147 (17) of

the pre-1997 Act shall be deemed to be repealed.

Decision

of the Board

(8) Where the Board has made a decision

under subsection 147 (16) or (17) of the pre-1997 Act before the day

section 1

of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act

(Permanent Partial Disability Supplements), 2015 comes into force, the

worker to whom the decision relates may request that the Board reconsider the

claim, and the Board shall decide the claim in accordance with subsection

(6) or (7) as the case may be.

Decision

of the Appeals Tribunal

(9) Where the Appeals Tribunal has made a

decision regarding a Board decision under subsection 147 (16) or (17) of the

pre-1997 Act before the day

section 1 of the Workplace

Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Permanent Partial Disability Supplements),

2015 comes into force, the worker to whom the decision relates may

request that the Appeals Tribunal refer the decision back to the Board, and the

Board shall decide the claim in accordance with subsection (6) or (7) as the

case may be.

Pending

claim

(10) If a claim under

section 147 of the

pre-1997 Act is pending before the Board on the day

section 1 of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Permanent Partial

Disability Supplements), 2015 comes into force, the Board shall, where

applicable, decide the claim in accordance with subsection (6) or (7).

Pending

appeal

(11) If an appeal in respect of

section 147

of the pre-1997 Act is pending on the day

section 1 of the Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Permanent Partial

Disability Supplements), 2015 comes into force, the worker to whom the

decision relates may request that the Appeals Tribunal refer the decision back

to the Board, and the Board shall, where applicable, decide the claim in

accordance with subsection (6) or (7).

Commencement

2. This

Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.

Short

title

3. The

short title of this Act is the Workplace Safety and

Insurance Amendment Act (Permanent Partial Disability Supplements), 2015 .

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EXPLANATORY

NOTE

The

Bill amends

section 110 of the Workplace Safety and

Insurance Act, 1997 so that any pension a worker is eligible for under

the Old Age Security Act (Canada) does not reduce

the worker's permanent partial disability benefits for pre-1985 and pre-1989

injuries under the pre-1997 Act.

Date Bill stage Activity Committee

October 29, 2015

Ordered referred to Standing Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

October 29, 2015

Second Reading

Carried on division

October 29, 2015

Second Reading

Debate

October 27, 2015

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

October 27, 2015

Committee

Second Reading

October 29, 2015

Mrs. Laura Albanese, Mr. Ted Arnott, Ms. Teresa J. Armstrong, Ms. Eleanor McMahon, Mr. Monte McNaughton, Ms. Jennifer K. French, Mr. Lorenzo Berardinetti, Mr. Mike Colle, Mr. Arthur Potts

October 29, 2015

Carried on division. Referred to the Standing Committee on General Government.

Committee

Standing Committee on General Government

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 133

Most Ontario public acts are available electronically; to view copies of the Acts to be amended by this bill visit e-laws

Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997

Legislative Assembly of Ontario

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Collection	Ontario — Bills
Citation	Bill 133, 41-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p41 s1 bill 133 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	4bcfa1f6250ecb1d12d893f03534daff54c54a88

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