{"id":"F2009B00111","name":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - Declaration under subsection 4(1) (Notice No. 15 of 1998)","slug":"safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-declaration-under-subsection-4-1-notice-no-15-of-199","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":121409,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009B00111-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - Declaration under subsection 4(1) (Notice No. 15 of 1998)","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n \n\n \n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\n \n\nSAFETY, REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988\n\n \n\nNOTICE OF DECLARATION – NOTE PRINTING AUSTRALIA LIMITED\n\n \n\n \n\nNotice No. 15 of 1998\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nI, PETER KEASTON REITH, Minister for Workplace Relations and Small Business, declare that, for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of ‘Commonwealth authority’ in subsection 4(1) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, on and from 1 July 1998 the following body corporate is a body corporate to which that Act applies:\n\n \n\n \n\nNote Printing Australia Limited (ACN 082 630 671)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nPeter Reith\n\nMinister for Workplace Relations and Small Business\n\n \n\nDated 27th day of August 1998\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard administrative declaration made under existing powers in the parent Act. It does not expand the scope of the legislation; it simply applies the existing statutory framework to a specific entity (Note Printing Australia Limited) as contemplated by the original legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: one declaration covering one entity","No defined terms within the instrument itself (relies on external definition in the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the single citation to subsection 4(1)","Length: approximately 150 words of substantive content","Straightforward administrative instrument with no substantive policy content of its own"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short official notice made by the Minister for Workplace Relations and Small Business, Peter Reith, in August 1998. It declares that **Note Printing Australia Limited** (the company that prints Australia's banknotes) is covered by the **Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988** from 1 July 1998 onwards.\n\n**What this means:**\n- The **Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988** (often called the SRC Act) is the law that provides workers' compensation and rehabilitation for Commonwealth employees and certain other workers.\n- A \"Commonwealth authority\" is a body that the Commonwealth government controls or has a major stake in.\n- By making this declaration, the Minister is saying that Note Printing Australia Limited counts as a Commonwealth authority for the purposes of workers' compensation.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Employees of Note Printing Australia Limited, who from 1 July 1998 became entitled to workers' compensation and rehabilitation benefits under the SRC Act if they were injured at work.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- This ensures that workers at Note Printing Australia have the same safety net and compensation rights as other Commonwealth employees, rather than being covered by a different state or private scheme."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The notice expands the Act’s practical scope by adding Note Printing Australia Limited to the class of bodies corporate to which the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 applies. The instrument does not state policy reasons or specify how particular provisions of the Act will be applied; it effects a change of legal status effective from 1 July 1998 by ministerial declaration under subsection 4(1)(c)."},"complexity_factors":["Single, narrow operative action: one ministerial declaration naming one company.","Relies on cross-reference to subsection 4(1)(c) of the Act for legal effect (requires checking that provision to see detailed consequences).","Includes an explicit effective date (1 July 1998) creating a temporal legal effect that may require retrospective compliance review.","Administrative discretion: ministerial power to declare under the cited subsection introduces an element of executive decision-making.","No substantive detail in the notice about duties, exemptions, or transitional arrangements — requires reading the parent Act for full compliance obligations."],"plain_english_summary":"What this notice does\n\n- This is a ministerial declaration under subsection 4(1)(c) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988. It names Note Printing Australia Limited (ACN 082 630 671) as “a body corporate to which that Act applies”. The declaration was signed by the Minister for Workplace Relations and Small Business, Peter Reith, dated 27 August 1998, and is effective on and from 1 July 1998.\n\nWho decides and who is affected\n\n- The decision-maker shown in the notice is the Minister for Workplace Relations and Small Business, acting under subsection 4(1)(c) of the Act. The immediate, specified private entity affected is Note Printing Australia Limited (ACN 082 630 671).\n\nWhat this changes mechanically\n\n- By this declaration the company is brought within the statutory category described in subsection 4(1)(c) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988. Mechanically, that means the company is treated under the law as a body corporate to which the Act applies from the stated effective date.\n\nStated purpose and what the notice itself says about effects\n\n- The notice records the legal act of designation alone; it does not include an explanation of policy reasons within the text. The Act’s title identifies its subject matter as safety, rehabilitation and compensation, so the designation links the company to that regulatory regime by operation of the Act’s definitions (see subsection 4(1)(c) as cited in the notice).\n\nConsequences, incentives and costs (source-grounded description)\n\n- Compliance and regulatory status: The company’s formal legal status under the Act changes. That change is a legal classification that imports whatever rights, duties and regulatory requirements the Act attaches to a “body corporate to which the Act applies” (the notice itself does not list those specific rights or duties; it effects the link to the Act’s provisions by reference to subsection 4(1)(c)).\n\n- Who bears the administrative choice: The Minister makes the designation (the notice records the Minister’s decision). The notice does not allocate financial responsibility or describe enforcement steps; any compliance costs or administrative burdens follow from the company’s new legal status under the Act rather than from the notice itself.\n\n- Timing and retroactivity: The notice takes effect on and from 1 July 1998. The instrument therefore sets the date from which the company is treated as covered by the Act.\n\nRisk and implementation points in the text\n\n- The instrument is narrow in scope and formal in form: it names a single corporate entity (including ACN) and operates by ministerial declaration under a specified subsection. The notice does not, on its face, specify how the Act’s provisions will be applied in particular cases, nor does it state any transitional arrangements or financial allocations.\n\nKey practical takeaways\n\n- The formal effect is categorical and straightforward: Note Printing Australia Limited is declared to be a body corporate to which the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 applies, from 1 July 1998, by ministerial declaration under subsection 4(1)(c). The instrument itself is an accession into the Act’s scope; any specific operational, financial or compliance consequences flow from the Act’s substantive provisions once the company is so designated."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-declaration-under-subsection-4-1-notice-no-15-of-199","history":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-declaration-under-subsection-4-1-notice-no-15-of-199/history","analysis":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-declaration-under-subsection-4-1-notice-no-15-of-199/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-declaration-under-subsection-4-1-notice-no-15-of-199/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-declaration-under-subsection-4-1-notice-no-15-of-199/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-declaration-under-subsection-4-1-notice-no-15-of-199/documents"}}