COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992

SEACARE AUTHORITY NOTICE NO. 1 OF 1997

I, JOHN RANDALL SHARP, Minister for Transport and Regional Development, HEREBY, with effect from 1 July 1997:

(a)   specify a rate of 30 cents per kilometre in respect of journeys to which subsections 66(4B) and 83A(5) of the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 (the Act) apply; and

(b)   state that, for the purposes of subsection 83A(9) of the Act, where a claimant has requested an employer to reconsider a determination under subsection 78(2) of the Act, an employee must not be required to undergo a medical examination by the same medical practitioner at more frequent intervals than once a month.

Date 25th MAY 1997

(signed)

John Sharp

Minister for Transport and Regional Development