New Zealand Gazette – 1909 – No. 2

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✨ Government Accident Insurance Regulations



Numb. 2.

SUPPLEMENT
TO THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
OF
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1908.
Published by Authority.

WELLINGTON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1909.

Regulations under “The Government Accident Insurance Act, 1908.”—Pneumoconiosis.

PLUNKET, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this eighth day of January, 1909.

Present:
THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR J. G. WARD, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section ten of “The Workers’ Compensation Act, 1908,” compensation is payable in certain cases in respect of death or incapacity caused by certain diseases, and it is expedient to make special provisions respecting insurance in such cases:

Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred by “The Government Accident Insurance Act, 1908,” and of all other powers him enabling in this behalf, His Excellency the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby for the purposes aforesaid make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

  1. THESE regulations shall apply only to contracts which include insurance or indemnity against risks arising under section 10 of “The Workers’ Compensation Act, 1908.”

  2. In no case shall the Commissioner require as a condition of the contract that the workers have been medically examined, or that any medical or other evidence or declaration respecting their state of health is given or produced.

  3. In the case of pneumoconiosis, the Commissioner shall keep a separate account showing all premiums received and claims paid.

  4. The rates of premiums to be charged shall be according to the following table:—

TABLE OF RATES.
Pneumoconiosis.

In respect of every £100 of wages, the same rate as is fixed in Table S of the Order in Council of the 19th day of December, 1908, for the therein-mentioned policies with an addition of 20s.

All other Diseases.

In respect of every £100 of wages, the same rate as is fixed in the aforesaid Table S without any addition.

  1. Subject to the foregoing provisions of these regulations, the general regulations in force shall apply to every such contract.

J. HISLOP.
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.



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🏥 Regulations under the Government Accident Insurance Act, 1908 for Pneumoconiosis

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
8 January 1909
Insurance, Regulations, Pneumoconiosis, Workers' Compensation, Premium Rates
  • Plunket, Governor
  • The Right Honourable Sir J. G. Ward, K.C.M.G., Presiding in Council
  • J. Hislop, Acting Clerk of the Executive Council
  • John Mackay, Government Printer