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Directions/Other as made
This instrument amends the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Directions 2019 to introduce a new direction.
Administered by: Employment and Workplace Relations
Exempt from sunsetting by the Legislation (Exemptions and Other Matters) Regulation 2015 s11 item 03
Registered 09 Jun 2023
Tabling HistoryDate
Tabled HR13-Jun-2023
Tabled Senate14-Jun-2023
Date of repeal 11 Jun 2023
Repealed by Division 1 of Part 3 of Chapter 3 of the Legislation Act 2003

Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

 

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Directions Amendment Instrument 2023

 

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

I, TONY BURKE, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, make the following instrument.

Dated 8 June 2023                                          

TONY BURKE

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

 


Contents

1           Name…………………………………………………………………………………… 1

2           Commencement………………………………………………………………………...  1

3           Authority……………………………………………………………………………….. 1

4           Definitions……………………………………………………………………………… 1

5           Schedules…………………………………………………………………………......... 1

Schedule 1 – Amendments                                                                                       2

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Directions 2019                                                      2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                             

                                                                                             

 

 

 

 

                                                                                      

                                                                                      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                     

                                                                                                     


1  Name

                   This instrument is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Directions Amendment Instrument 2023.

2  Commencement

                   This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3  Authority

                   This instrument is made under sections 89D and 101 of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

4  Definitions

                   In this instrument:

                   Act means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

5  Schedules

                   Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

 

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Directions 2019

 

1          After section 7

Insert:

7A Matters to be considered in deciding whether to grant a licence – eligible corporations  

 

In determining an application for a licence under section 104 of the Act, the primary criteria to be considered by the Commission is whether it is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that:

 

(a)    the applicant is a member of a corporate group in which a majority of employees in the corporate group are, at the time of the application, covered by the Act; and

 

(b)   the licence would not result in an overall reduction in workers’ compensation entitlements for the employees of the applicant to be covered by the Act.