{"id":"F2020L00002","name":"Jervis Bay Territory Emergency Management (Employment Protection—Bushfires) Direction 2020","slug":"jervis-bay-territory-emergency-management-employment-protection-bushfires-direction-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440357,"registerId":"F2020L00002-fast-fetch-1775956016134","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Jervis Bay Territory Emergency Management (Employment Protection—Bushfires) Direction 2020","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nJervis Bay Territory Emergency Management (Employment Protection—Bushfires) Direction 2020\n\n \n\nI, Alex Foulds, delegate of the Assistant Minister for Regional Development and Territories, make the following direction.\n\nDated 3 January 2020 \n\nAlex Foulds\n\nExecutive Director, Territories  Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Cities and Regional Development\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\n5  Direction\n\n6  Repeal\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Jervis Bay Territory Emergency Management (Employment Protection—Bushfires) Direction 2020.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences the day after it is registered.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 31(1) of the Jervis Bay Territory Emergency Management Ordinance 2015.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in section 4 of the Ordinance, including the following:\n\n(a) emergency;\n\n(b) emergency operation.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nOrdinance means the Jervis Bay Territory Emergency Management Ordinance 2015.\n\n5  Direction\n\n  Part 4 of the Ordinance applies to all emergency operations carried out in connection with the emergency the subject of the Declaration of State of Emergency (Jervis Bay Territory) made on 3 January 2020.                                           .\n\nNote: The declared state of emergency remains in force until the end of 10 January 2020.                      .\n\n6  Repeal\n\n  This instrument is repealed at the end of 10 January 2020.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2016},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The direction precisely targets its stated purpose—activating employment protections for a specific 7-day bushfire emergency. No evidence of scope expansion beyond the original emergency management intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 6 short sections total","Single defined term ('Ordinance')","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Fixed, automatic expiry date with no revocation mechanism","References only one external legislative provision (Part 4 of the Ordinance)"],"plain_english_summary":"**This temporary direction protected the jobs of people fighting bushfires in the Jervis Bay Territory.**\n\nDuring the state of emergency declared on 3 January 2020, it activated employment safeguards from Part 4 of the *Jervis Bay Territory Emergency Management Ordinance 2015*. This meant:\n\n*   **Volunteers and emergency workers** could take time off work to fight fires, rescue people, or provide relief without fear of being sacked or demoted\n*   **Employers** were prohibited from dismissing or disadvantaging staff who were absent while performing emergency duties\n*   **Protection covered** anyone carrying out emergency operations connected to the 2020 bushfires\n\nThe measure was short-term and self-terminating: it expired automatically at midnight on 10 January 2020, when the state of emergency ended."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/jervis-bay-territory-emergency-management-employment-protection-bushfires-direction-2020","history":"/api/acts/jervis-bay-territory-emergency-management-employment-protection-bushfires-direction-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/jervis-bay-territory-emergency-management-employment-protection-bushfires-direction-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/jervis-bay-territory-emergency-management-employment-protection-bushfires-direction-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/jervis-bay-territory-emergency-management-employment-protection-bushfires-direction-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/jervis-bay-territory-emergency-management-employment-protection-bushfires-direction-2020/documents"}}