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Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - section 34S - Approval of Form of Application for Initial Approval as a Rehabilitation Program Provider (Workplace Rehabilitation Provider) (30/10/2009)

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This instrument revokes the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - subsection 34S(1) - Approved Form for Application for Initial Approval as a Rehabilitation Program Provider (29/09/2006) and provides the approved form for the purposes of persons applying as a rehabilitation program provider.
Administered by: Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
Registered 17 Nov 2009
Tabling HistoryDate
Tabled HR19-Nov-2009
Tabled Senate19-Nov-2009
Date of repeal 01 Jan 2013
Repealed by Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - Section 34S - Approval of Form of Application for Approval as a Workplace Rehabilitation Provider (Rehabilitation Program Provider) (17/10/2012)

 

 

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

 

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

Section 34S

 

Notice of a Disallowable Instrument

 

Approval of Form of Application for Initial Approval as a Rehabilitation Program Provider (Workplace Rehabilitation Provider)

 

 

The purpose of the Instrument to which this Explanatory Statement relates is to approve a new form for an application for approval as a rehabilitation program provider (Approved Application Form) to apply on and from 1 July 2010.  The purpose of the form is to collect information needed to assess whether the applicant is suitable to be approved.

 

Section 37 of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (the SRC Act) provides that a rehabilitation authority (employer) can provide a rehabilitation program to an employee itself or arrange for it to be provided by a rehabilitation program provider that has been approved by Comcare.  Section 34S of the SRC Act authorises Comcare to approve the form of an application for approval as a rehabilitation program provider.

 

The new Approved Application Form, together with the new Criteria for Approval or Renewal of Approval as a Rehabilitation Program Provider determined under section 34D of the SRC Act and new Operational Standards for Rehabilitation Program Providers determined under section 34E of the SRC Act, has been developed in consultation with:

            employers to whom the SRC Act applies;

            employee representatives;

            rehabilitation program providers;

            the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission;

            the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission; and

            the Heads of Workers Compensation Authorities (HWCA)

and implement the nationally consistent provider approval framework developed by HWCA with additional Comcare developed requirements to maintain the integrity and quality of the existing Comcare approval regime.

 

Applications to Comcare for initial approval must be made on the new Approved Application Form and will be assessed against the new Approval Criteria and Operational Standards.