{"id":"F2015L02004","name":"Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members – War Artists and Entertainers - Service End Date) Amendment Determination 2015","slug":"military-rehabilitation-and-compensation-members-war-artists-and-entertainers-service-end-date-amend","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":93770,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L02004-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members – War Artists and Entertainers - Service End Date) Amendment Determination 2015","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nMilitary Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members - War Artists and Entertainers \\- Service End Date) Amendment Determination 2015\n\nInstrument 2015 No. MRCC 71\n\nI, STUART ROBERT, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister also administering section 1 of the Defence Act 1903 make this Determination under section 8 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004.\n\nDated this 6 day of December 2015\n\nStuart Robert\n\n.........................................................................................................\n\nSTUART ROBERT\n\n1 Name of Determination\n\nThis Determination is the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members – War Artists and Entertainers - Service End Date) Amendment Determination 2015.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Determination commences when the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee – War Artists and Entertainers) Notice 2015 commences.\n\n3 Saving and application\n\n(1) A person who, immediately before the commencement of this instrument, is a member under:\n\n(a) the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determination 2006 (No.2); or\n\n(b) the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determination 2007;\n\nis, on the commencement of this instrument, a member under, respectively:\n\n(c) the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determination 2006 (No.2); or\n\n(d) the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determination 2007;\n\nas amended by this instrument.\n\n4 Amendment\n\n(1) The Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determination 2006 (No.2) is amended in accordance with Part A of the Schedule.\n\n(2) The Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determination 2007 is amended in accordance with Part B of the Schedule.\n\n  \n\nSchedule\n\nPART A\n\nAmendments to the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determination 2006 (No.2)\n\n1 Section 2\n\nafter the section add:\n\n2A Definitions\n\nSRCA Notice 2015 means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee – War Artists and Entertainers) Notice 2015.\n\n2 Schedule 1\n\nsubstitute:\n\nSchedule 1 Persons and activities or acts\n\n| Item | Class of persons                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Acts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |\n| ---- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| 1    | Persons contracted by the Department of Defence to provide or support the provision of :a) musical performances and entertainment; orb) management and technical support for performers referred to in a) above.at the request of the Defence Force. | Acts performed in the provision or support of musical performances and entertainment under the auspices of the Forces Advisory Committee on Entertainment or the Department of Defence — being acts performed at any time during the period1 July 2004 to the day immediately before the SRCA Notice 2015 commenced.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\nPART B\n\nAmendments to the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determination 2007\n\n1 Section 2\n\nafter the section add:\n\n2A Definitions\n\nSRCA Notice 2015 means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee – War Artists and Entertainers) Notice 2015.\n\n2 Schedule 1\n\nsubstitute:\n\nSchedule 1 Persons and activities or acts\n\n(section 3 )\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.Note: under subsection 36(1) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 a period expressed to continue until a specified day – includes that day. |","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument narrows and clarifies temporal scope by fixing the end date for covered acts to the day before the SRCA Notice 2015 commenced (see Schedule substitutions) while preserving existing memberships on commencement (see 'Saving and application'). It thereby changes when persons in the listed classes are treated as members for MRCA purposes by establishing a specific cutoff tied to an external Notice."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-reference to an external instrument (the SRCA Notice 2015) as the operative cutoff, creating sequencing dependency on that Notice (Definition added as 'SRCA Notice 2015').","Amendment of two separate Members Determinations (2006 (No.2) and 2007) requiring parallel changes and identical temporal rules.","Substitution of Schedule 1 in both instruments to redefine classes of persons and the acts covered, which requires factual enquiries about whether particular acts fall within the new wording.","Temporal drafting choice tying coverage to ‘the day immediately before the SRCA Notice 2015 commenced’, with an explicit Acts Interpretation Act note that affects inclusion of that day.","Saving clause preserving existing memberships on commencement, which interacts with the amended definitions and may require administrative review of individual status and claim periods.","Use of descriptive thresholds ('under the auspices of the Forces Advisory Committee on Entertainment', 'in a Defence Force area of operations') that require factual administration to determine coverage."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination amends two Military Rehabilitation and Compensation (Members) Determinations so that war artists and entertainers contracted by Defence or commissioned by the Australian War Memorial are treated as members only for acts performed up to the day before the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee – War Artists and Entertainers) Notice 2015 commenced. It preserves existing membership status on commencement and thereby fixes the cutoff date for government rehabilitation and compensation coverage for those services."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This amendment performs a narrow technical function exactly as described in its title—setting end dates for coverage of war artists and entertainers. It does not expand beyond this specific purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Short, targeted amendment (only 4 sections plus schedule)","Minimal defined terms (only one: 'SRCA Notice 2015')","Simple conditional logic (date ranges with explicit end dates)","Cross-references to two existing determinations and one external notice, but these are straightforward","No nested exceptions or complex procedural requirements","Primarily mechanical amendments substituting schedule tables"],"plain_english_summary":"This bill fixes a technical gap in military compensation law by declaring that certain war artists and entertainers ceased to be covered the day before the SRCA Notice 2015 began, removing uncertainty about which compensation scheme applies. It clarifies entitlement for entertainers engaged by Defence (from 1 July 2004) and war artists commissioned by the Australian War Memorial (from 1 Feb 2007), affecting past claimants and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/military-rehabilitation-and-compensation-members-war-artists-and-entertainers-service-end-date-amend","history":"/api/acts/military-rehabilitation-and-compensation-members-war-artists-and-entertainers-service-end-date-amend/history","analysis":"/api/acts/military-rehabilitation-and-compensation-members-war-artists-and-entertainers-service-end-date-amend/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/military-rehabilitation-and-compensation-members-war-artists-and-entertainers-service-end-date-amend/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/military-rehabilitation-and-compensation-members-war-artists-and-entertainers-service-end-date-amend/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/military-rehabilitation-and-compensation-members-war-artists-and-entertainers-service-end-date-amend/documents"}}