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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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 1—Amendments
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.