Section 154MWorkers Compensation Act 1987 (NSW)

Certain provisions extended to scheme agents

(1) A reference in section 163, 164 or 169 to a licensed insurer or insurer includes, in the application of the section to any matter concerning the Nominal Insurer, a reference to a scheme agent acting on behalf of the Nominal Insurer in connection with that matter.
(2) Except as may otherwise be provided by the regulations, a reference in any of the following provisions of the 1998 Act and Personal Injury Commission Act 2020 to a licensed insurer or insurer includes, in the application of the provision to any matter concerning the Nominal Insurer, a reference to a scheme agent acting on behalf of the Nominal Insurer in connection with that matter—
Sections 43, 45, 47, 50, 52, 56–59, 65, 66, 69, 71–75, 76, 107, 108, 113, 117, 118, 126, 136, 141, 232, 235A, 235B, 238, 260, 261, 264, 266–272, 274–276, 279, 280, 281, 282, 284, 287, 291, 295, 301, 308, 330, 337 and 345 of the 1998 Act.
Section 51 of the Personal Injury Commission Act 2020.

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