{"id":"F2007L00230","name":"Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determination 2007","slug":"military-rehabilitation-and-compensation-members-determination-2007","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":68521,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L00230-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determination 2007","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determination 2007\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\nMilitary Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determination 2007\n\nmade under subsection 8(1) of the\n\nMilitary Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004\n\nCompilation No. 1\n\nCompilation date:    17 December 2015\n\nIncludes amendments up to: F2015L02004\n\nRegistered:    18 December 2015\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nAbout this compilation\n\nThis compilation\n\nThis is a compilation of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determination 2007 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 17 December 2015 (the compilation date).\n\nThis compilation was prepared on 17 December 2015.\n\nThe notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.\n\nUncommenced amendments\n\nThe effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on ComLaw (www.comlaw.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the series page on ComLaw for the compiled law.\n\nApplication, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments\n\nIf the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.\n\nModifications\n\nIf the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the series page on ComLaw for the compiled law.\n\nSelf-repealing provisions\n\nIf a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1 Name of Determination\n\n2 Commencement and application\n\n2A Definitions\n\n3 Persons taken to be members\n\nSchedule 1 Persons and activities or acts\n\nEndnote 1—About the endnotes\n\nEndnote 2—Abbreviation key\n\nEndnote 3—Legislation history\n\nEndnote 4—Amendment history\n\n \n\n1  Name of Determination\n\n  This Determination is the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determination 2007.\n\n2  Commencement and application\n\n (1) This Determination commences on 1 February 2007.\n\n (2) For paragraph 8(2)(a) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, this Determination applies on and from 1 February 2007.\n\n2A  Definitions\n\nSRCA Notice 2015 means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee – War Artists and Entertainers) Notice 2015.\n\n3  Persons taken to be members\n\n  For subsection 8(1) of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, the classes of persons specified in Schedule 1 who perform, or have performed, the acts specified in that Schedule are taken to be, or to have been, members for the purposes of that Act.\n\nSchedule 1—Persons and activities or acts\n\n(section 3 )\n\n \n\n| Item | Class of persons | Acts |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | Persons commissioned by the Australian War Memorial to provide original works in a range of media, including still photography, cinematography, paintings, drawings, and written work concerning the operations of the Defence Force. | Acts performed in a Defence Force area of operations for the purpose of providing works as commissioned by the Australian War Memorial—being acts performed at any time during the period 1 February 2007 to the day immediately before the SRCA Notice 2015 commenced.<br>Note: under subsection 36(1) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 a period expressed to continue until a specified day—includes that day. |\n\n\n\n\nEndnote 1—About the endnotes\n\nThe endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.\n\nThe following endnotes are included in every compilation:\n\nEndnote 1—About the endnotes\n\nEndnote 2—Abbreviation key\n\nEndnote 3—Legislation history\n\nEndnote 4—Amendment history\n\nEndnotes about misdescribed amendments and other matters are included in a compilation only as necessary.\n\nAbbreviation key—Endnote 2\n\nThe abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.\n\nLegislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4\n\nAmending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.\n\nThe legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.\n\nThe amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.\n\nMisdescribed amendments\n\nA misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe the amendment to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, the amendment is incorporated into the compiled law and the abbreviation “(md)” added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.\n\nIf a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the abbreviation “(md not incorp)” is added to the details of the amendment included in the amendment history.\n\n \n\nEndnote 2—Abbreviation key\n\n \n\n| A = Act | o = order(s) |\n| --- | --- |\n| ad = added or inserted | Ord = Ordinance |\n| am = amended | orig = original |\n| amdt = amendment | par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s) |\n| c = clause(s) | /sub‑subparagraph(s) |\n| C[x] = Compilation No. x | pres = present |\n| Ch = Chapter(s) | prev = previous |\n| def = definition(s) | (prev…) = previously |\n| Dict = Dictionary | Pt = Part(s) |\n| disallowed = disallowed by Parliament | r = regulation(s)/rule(s) |\n| Div = Division(s) | Reg = Regulation/Regulations |\n| exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have | reloc = relocated |\n| effect | renum = renumbered |\n| F = Federal Register of Legislative Instruments | rep = repealed |\n| gaz = gazette | rs = repealed and substituted |\n| LI = Legislative Instrument | s = section(s)/subsection(s) |\n| LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003 | Sch = Schedule(s) |\n| (md) = misdescribed amendment can be given | Sdiv = Subdivision(s) |\n| effect | SLI = Select Legislative Instrument |\n| (md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment | SR = Statutory Rules |\n| cannot be given effect | Sub‑Ch = Sub‑Chapter(s) |\n| mod = modified/modification | SubPt = Subpart(s) |\n| No. = Number(s) | underlining = whole or part not |\n|  | commenced or to be commenced |\n\n\n \n\n \n\nEndnote 3—Legislation history\n\n \n\n| Name | FRLI registration | Commencement | Application, saving and transitional provisions |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determination 2007 | 31 Jan 2007 (F2007L00230) | 1 Feb 2007 (s 2(1)) |  |\n| Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members – War Artists and Entertainers - Service End Date) Amendment Determination 2015 | 15 Dec 2015 (F2015L02004) | Schedule (Part B): 17 Dec 2015 (s 2) | s 3 |\n\n\n \n\nEndnote 4—Amendment history\n\n \n\n| Provision affected | How affected |\n| --- | --- |\n| s 2A.................... | ad F2015L02004 |\n| Schedule 1 |  |\n| Schedule 1................ | rs  F2015L02004 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Yes. The Determination was amended in 2015 (Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members – War Artists and Entertainers - Service End Date) Amendment Determination 2015) to add the SRCA Notice 2015 definition (s2A) and to replace Schedule 1 so that covered acts are limited to those performed between 1 February 2007 and the day immediately before the SRCA Notice 2015 commenced. This amendment narrows the temporal scope and makes coverage contingent on the SRCA Notice commencement (see s2(1), s2A, s3, Schedule 1; Endnotes 3–4)."},"complexity_factors":["Cross‑linking to an external instrument (the SRCA Notice 2015) creates a dependency outside this Determination (s2A, Schedule 1).","Temporal limitation tied to the SRCA Notice commencement produces a retrospective end date and requires checking notice commencement dates to determine coverage (Schedule 1).","Effect is legal-classificational: the phrase 'taken to be members' imports entitlement and Commonwealth liability issues from the MRCA 2004 and requires reference to that Act (s3).","Amendment and replacement of Schedule 1 in 2015 adds versioning complexity—users must consult amendment history (Endnotes 3–4).","Use of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 to define period inclusions adds a technical interpretive step (note in Schedule 1)."],"plain_english_summary":"_This Determination treats certain Australian War Memorial–commissioned war artists and similar contractors as 'members' under the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 for acts done in Defence Force areas of operations, making them subject to that Act's rehabilitation and compensation schemes (see s3 and Schedule 1)._  \n\n_It operates from 1 February 2007 and, following a 2015 amendment, restricts coverage to work done up to the day before the commencement of the SRCA Notice 2015, creating a temporal cut‑off tied to that external notice (see s2(1), s2A, Schedule 1)._"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation has remained tightly focused on its original purpose: extending MRCA coverage to a specific narrow class of civilian contractors (Australian War Memorial commissioned artists) for a defined historical period. The 2015 amendment did not expand scope but rather imposed a temporal limitation (end date), effectively narrowing rather than broadening coverage."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument: only 3 operative sections plus a single-item schedule","Only 1 defined term ('SRCA Notice 2015')","Minimal cross-referencing: only references to the parent Act (MRCA 2004) and the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 for a standard interpretive rule","Simple conditional structure: single table with two columns (class of persons + acts)","No nested exceptions or complex temporal layering beyond a single fixed date range","Straightforward amendment history: only one amending instrument in 8 years, replacing the entire Schedule 1"],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination treats certain civilian war artists and entertainers commissioned by the Australian War Memorial as if they were Defence Force members for purposes of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004, covering injuries, illness or death sustained while working in Defence Force areas of operations. It applies only to work done between 1 February 2007 and 16 December 2015, closing a gap so civilians deployed to combat zones could access military rehabilitation and compensation."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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