The update packages include all individual replacement pages required to keep your printed Assessment Manual up to date.

The update consists of policy amendments arising from the Workers Compensation Amendment Act (No. 2), 2002 (“Bill 63”), which amended the Workers Compensation Act effective March 3, 2003.  The policy amendments include the following:

• amendments relating to the Board’s authority to change its previous decisions;
• amendments relating to the Board’s obligation in decision-making to apply a policy of the Board of Directors that is applicable to the case before it;
• amendments relating to the introduction of the term “further subclasses” in section 37(2); and
• various consequential amendments to further implement Bill 63 and the policy amendments noted above.