Australian Government - Comcare

SRC Annual Report 2004 - 2005


Publication Details

Letter of Transmittal

The Commission’s objective

Principles of regulation

Chairman’s report

Structure of the report

Commission overview

Introduction
Responsible Minister
Role
Functions
Membership
Operation of the Commission
Decision making
Specific reporting requirements

Scheme trends and performance

Introduction
Scheme level trends
Scheme performance measurement
Review of performance indicators and data quality
Performance against targets

Publication of performance measures

National Return to Work Monitor
Safety Awards

Occupational health and safety

Introduction
National Occupational Health and Safety Strategy
Legislative reform
Regulations and codes of practice
The Prevention Program
Regulation and enforcement
OHS self audit
Accreditation of health and safety representatives (HSR) training courses
Future directions

Workers’ compensation

Introduction
Legislative reform
Review of Permanent Impairment Guide
Psychological injury

Dispute prevention and resolution

Rehabilitation/return to work

Introduction
Improving return to work performance

Licensing

Introduction
Eligibility and applications
Self insurance licence application process
Consideration of application
Licence applications, variations and extensions
Licence conditions and performance standards of licence
Evaluating licence compliance
Review of the regulatory framework

Premiums and regulatory contributionsLicensees’ and other determining authorities’ comments

ADI Limited
Australian air Express Pty Ltd
Australian Postal Corporation
Comcare
CSL Limited
Pacific National (ACT) Limited
Reserve Bank of Australia
Telstra Corporation Limited
Visionstream Pty Ltd

Appendices

1 Legislative instruments
2 Reporting requirements in other legislation
3 Statutory reporting requirements under the OHS(CE) Act
4 Sample corporation licence under Part VIII of the SRC Act
5 Performance standards and measures for licensees
6 Prudential conditions of licence
7 Record keeping and reporting requirements under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Directions
8 List of accredited providers of training for health and safety representatives as at 30 June 2005

Acronyms

 

List of Tables

1 Meeting attendance
2 Scheme level statistics 2004 – 2005
3a Performance against selected prevention and rehabilitation indicators
3b
 Performance against selected claims management indicators
4 Selected Commission indicators: 15 largest premium paying agencies: 2003 – 2004 to 2004 – 2005
5 Licence types, licensees and expiry dates (as at 30 June 2005)
6 Plant licences granted
7 Plant licences granted (renewals)
8 Plant licences granted (variations)
9 Number of investigations commenced
10 Instances notified under s44 and directions given under s45
11 Number of notices issued under s46-47 and number of ss53(4) requests
12 Notifications of dangerous occurrences and accidents under s68
13 Record keeping requirements under SRC Directions 2002

 


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