{"id":"F2022L00608","name":"Norfolk Island (Service Delivery (Queensland) (Work Experience)) Rules 2022","slug":"norfolk-island-service-delivery-queensland-work-experience-rules-2022","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441355,"registerId":"F2022L00608-fast-fetch-1775956668810","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Norfolk Island (Service Delivery (Queensland) (Work Experience)) Rules 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\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\nNorfolk Island (Service Delivery (Queensland) (Work Experience)) Rules 2022\n\nI, Rachel Bacon, as delegate of the Assistant Minister for Regional Development and Territories, make the following rules.\n\nDated 14 April 2022   \n\nRachel Bacon\n\nDeputy Secretary\n\nRegional, Cities and Territories Group\n\nDepartment of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Communications\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Adoption of Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld) as a law of the Territory\n\n5  Repeal of this instrument\n\nSchedule 1—Modifications\n\nEducation (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld)\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Norfolk Island (Service Delivery (Queensland) (Work Experience)) Rules 2022.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 7(2) of the Norfolk Island Applied Laws and Service Delivery (Queensland) Ordinance 2021.\n\nNote 1: This instrument is a service delivery rule for the purposes of the Norfolk Island Applied Laws and Service Delivery (Queensland) Ordinance 2021 (see section 5 of that Act, definition of service delivery rule). \n\nNote 2: The Interpretation Act 1979 (NI) does not apply to this instrument (see section 6 of the Norfolk Island Applied Laws and Service Delivery (Queensland) Ordinance 2021). The Acts Interpretation Act 1901 applies instead because this instrument is a legislative instrument (see subsection 13(1) of the Legislation Act 2003).\n\n4  Adoption of Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld) as a law of the Territory\n\n (1) The provisions of the Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld) and legislation made under that Act, as in force from time to time, are in force in the Territory, with the modifications set out in Schedule 1 to this instrument, until the end of 31 December 2026.\n\nNote 1: The operation of the Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld), and any legislation made under it, would, but for subsection 4(1) of this instrument, be suspended in the Territory until the end of 31 December 2026 (see Schedule 1 to the Norfolk Island Applied Laws and Service Delivery (Queensland) Ordinance 2021).\n\nNote 2: The Acts Interpretation Act 1954 (Qld) and the Statutory Instruments Act 1992 (Qld), as they apply in the Territory from time to time, apply to the provisions of the Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld) and legislation made under that Act as adopted, with modifications, by this instrument (see section 6 of the Norfolk Island Applied Law and Delivery (Queensland) Ordinance 2021).\n\n (2) Subsection (1) applies to a provision of a law made under the Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld) only if the provision is subject to disallowance in Queensland. \n\n (3) This instrument does not apply, adopt or incorporate a provision of the law of Queensland so far as the provision is in force in Norfolk Island apart from this instrument.\n\nNote: On and after 1 January 2027 the provisions of the Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld), and any legislation made under it, so far as they are in force in the Territory in accordance with section 18A of the Norfolk Island Act 1979 will apply in the Territory.\n\n5  Repeal of this instrument\n\n  This instrument is repealed at the start of 1 January 2027.\n\n\n\n\nSchedule 1—Modifications\n\nEducation (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld)\n\n1  Modification of section 4\n\nSection 4 is modified by inserting the following after subsection (2):\n\n (2A) To avoid doubt, the premises and places in which a student may be provided with work experience under a work experience arrangement include premises and places outside Norfolk Island.\n\n2  Modification of section 5\n\nSection 5 is modified by omitting everything after “educational establishment” and substituting “is, for a student enrolled in a State school, the school.”.\n\n3  Modification of subsection 8(2)\n\nSubsection 8(2) is modified by omitting the definition of responsible body and substituting the following:\n\nresponsible body means the chief executive (education).\n\n4  Modification of subsection 9(3)\n\nSubsection 9(3) is modified by omitting it and substituting the following:\n\n (3) A contract of insurance referred to in subsection (1) may be entered into by the insuring body with the Queensland Government Insurance Fund (QGIF).\n\n (4) To avoid doubt, the contract of insurance may indemnify the student and the work experience provider against liability for personal injury or property damage suffered by the student, the work experience provider or another person arising out of work experience provided outside Norfolk Island.\n\n (5) In this section:\n\ninsuring body means the chief executive (education).\n\n5  Modification of Schedule (dictionary)\n\nThe dictionary in the Schedule is modified by omitting the following definitions:\n\nenrolled in an educational establishment;\n\nhome education;\n\nhome education place;\n\nlaw;\n\nnon-State school.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains its original narrow purpose: temporarily adopting a specific Queensland education law for work experience programs. No scope creep detected."},"complexity_factors":["Short instrument (5 sections plus schedule)","Only 5 specific modifications to the adopted Queensland Act","Heavy reliance on external legislation (Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 (Qld)) without reproducing it","Simple temporal limitation (automatic repeal 1 January 2027)","Minimal defined terms (actually removes definitions rather than adding them)","Straightforward conditional logic (subsection 4(2) limits application to disallowable instruments only)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument temporarily applies Queensland’s Education (Work Experience) Act 1996 to Norfolk Island until 31 December 2026, giving Norfolk Island students, schools, and host employers a clear legal framework for work‑experience placements on the island or elsewhere. It simplifies inapplicable definitions, makes the chief executive (education) the responsible body, and ensures insurance and liability coverage for offshore placements.\n\nIt expires on 1 January 2027 when permanent Norfolk Island arrangements take over."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":5,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument changes scope relative to simply applying the Queensland Act as‑is by (a) extending permitted work experience locations to include places outside Norfolk Island (Sch.1, item 1), (b) shifting decision and administrative responsibility to the chief executive (education) (Sch.1, item 3), (c) modifying insurance arrangements to permit QGIF cover and explicit indemnities for off‑island placements (Sch.1, item 4), and (d) omitting several existing definitions (Sch.1, item 5). These modifications alter who decides, who bears insurance and administrative costs, and where placements may occur for the period to 31 December 2026 (s4(1); s5)."},"complexity_factors":["Cross‑jurisdictional adoption of a State Act into a Territory with modifications (s4(1); Sch.1).","Temporal limit and automatic repeal on 1 January 2027, requiring transitional handling (s4(1); s5).","Targeted modifications to definitions and responsibilities (e.g. making chief executive (education) the responsible body) that change administrative control (Sch.1, item 3).","Insurance arrangement changes allowing QGIF contracts and indemnities for off‑island placements, creating operational and fiscal consequences (Sch.1, item 4).","Limited application rule — only adopts provisions that are subject to disallowance in Queensland — which requires checking each provision’s status in Qld law (s4(2)).","Application of Queensland interpretation and statutory instruments legislation to the adopted law adds an extra layer of legislative reference (s4(1) notes)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument adopts Queensland’s Education (Work Experience) Act as the law of Norfolk Island until 31 December 2026, with targeted modifications. It explicitly allows student work placements outside Norfolk Island, makes the chief executive (education) the responsible authority, and permits insurance via the Queensland Government Insurance Fund (s4(1); Schedule 1, items 1, 3–4).\n\nThe chief executive must administer placements and insurance and apply specified Queensland interpretation and statutory instrument rules. Administrative and insurance costs fall on the chief executive and work‑experience providers, who must meet the Queensland requirements while placing students on or off the island (s4(1)–(3); Sch.1)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/norfolk-island-service-delivery-queensland-work-experience-rules-2022","history":"/api/acts/norfolk-island-service-delivery-queensland-work-experience-rules-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/norfolk-island-service-delivery-queensland-work-experience-rules-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/norfolk-island-service-delivery-queensland-work-experience-rules-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/norfolk-island-service-delivery-queensland-work-experience-rules-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/norfolk-island-service-delivery-queensland-work-experience-rules-2022/documents"}}