WA Criteria for Compensable Medical Conditions for Medically Retired Members

Police Amendment (Compensation Scheme) Bill 2025

2 Dec 2025: This bill has passed its first house and is now before the second house for its own debate.

Legislative Assembly

Legislative Council

Assent

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

A medical condition for a medically retired member is compensable if it happened while performing their functions; those functions must have contributed to the condition to a significant degree.
Medically retired members can make written submissions to the Police Commissioner after receiving a medical condition notice.
The Police Commissioner can use an officer or agent to perform their functions.
The Police Commissioner can make a determination themselves; they can also appoint another person or body to make the determination.
The Police Commissioner does not have to pay a medically retired member any amount that is reasonably regarded as being for a specific purpose.

The Debate

What different members said when this bill was debated:

Matthew Swinbourn ALP

“I move: That the bill be now read a second time. The Police Amendment (Compensation Scheme) Act 2021 amended the Police Act 1892 to introduce a compensation scheme for police officers and Aboriginal police liaison officers who are medically retired due to work-related illness or injury. The scheme came into operation on 1 January 2022 and comprises four elements for eligible members.”

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Reece Whitby ALP

“I move: That the bill be now read a second time. The Police Amendment (Compensation Scheme) Act 2021 amended the Police Act 1892 to introduce a compensation scheme for police officers and Aboriginal police liaison officers who are medically retired due to work-related illness or injury. The scheme came into operation on 1 January 2022 and comprises four elements for eligible members.”

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