Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Permanent Partial Disability Supplements), 2012 Sergio, Mario — Bill 125 (40th Parliament, 1st Session)

Bill 125, 40-1

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Bill 125, Workplace Safety and Insurance Amendment Act (Permanent Partial Disability Supplements), 2012

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Bill 125 2012

Act to amend the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 with respect to

permanent partial disability supplements

Note:

This Act amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 . For the

legislative history of the Act, see the Table of Consolidated Public Statutes –

Detailed Legislative History at www.e-Laws.gov.on.ca.

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shall be deemed to be repealed.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shall be deemed to be repealed.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 Board

(8) If 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), 2012 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 Appeals Tribunal

(9) If 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), 2012 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),

2012 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),

2012 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), 2012 .

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

September 20, 2012

First Reading

Carried

Debates and Progress

First Reading

September 20, 2012

Committee

Second Reading

Committee

Third Reading

Royal Assent

Acts affected - Bill 125

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 125, 40-1
Type	bill
Volume / chapter	p40 s1 bill 125 html
Language	en
Format	html
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	cc0a194890c84e35d05cea127cb5ef0cee2dbe3a

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