{"id":"F2009B00131","name":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - Notice of Declaration (Notice No. 3 of 1998)","slug":"safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-notice-of-declaration-notice-no-3-of-1998","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":121454,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2009B00131-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 - Notice of Declaration (Notice No. 3 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\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\n \n\nSAFETY, REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988\n\n \n\nNOTICE OF DECLARATION – MEDIBANK PRIVATE LIMITED\n\n \n\n \n\nNotice No. 3 of 1998\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nI, PETER KEASTON REITH, Minister for Workplace Relations and Small Business,  for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of “Commonwealth authority” in subsection 4(1) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988:\n\n \n\n (a) revoke the previous declaration made in respect of Medibank Limited on 5 December 1997; and\n\n \n\n (b) declare that on and from 1 May 1998 the following body corporate is a body corporate to which that Act applies:\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nMedibank Private Limited  (ACN 080 890 259)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nPeter Reith\n\nMinister for Workplace Relations and Small Business\n\n \n\nDated 8th May 1998\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The Notice changes the scope of application by revoking the prior declaration made in respect of Medibank Limited (5 December 1997) and declaring that, from 1 May 1998, Medibank Private Limited (ACN 080 890 259) is a body corporate to which the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 applies (Notice paras (a)–(b)). The change is limited to which legal entity is treated under the Act and does not itself amend the substantive provisions of the Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single, targeted administrative change (revocation of one declaration and declaration of another)","Short instrument — limited operative provisions (only paras (a) and (b))","Clear statutory source of power cited (paragraph (c) of definition of 'Commonwealth authority' in subsection 4(1) of the Act)","Potential downstream legal complexity arises from the substantive Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act, but this Notice itself does not engage those provisions in detail","No transitional provisions or procedural detail in the Notice increases small implementation uncertainty"],"plain_english_summary":"# What this instrument changes (mechanically)\n\nThis Notice (Notice No. 3 of 1998) uses the Minister's power under paragraph (c) of the definition of \"Commonwealth authority\" in subsection 4(1) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 to do two things: (a) revoke an earlier declaration that applied to Medibank Limited (the prior declaration dated 5 December 1997); and (b) declare that, from 1 May 1998, Medibank Private Limited (ACN 080 890 259) is a body corporate to which the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 applies (see the operative paras (a) and (b) of the Notice and the statutory power cited in the Notice).\n\n# Who it affects\n\n- The primary legal effect is to change which corporate entity is treated under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988. The Act will apply to Medibank Private Limited (ACN 080 890 259) as the declared body corporate instead of the previously-declared Medibank Limited (Notice paras (a) and (b)).\n\n# Why it matters (direct, mechanical implications and implementation points)\n\n- Because the Notice makes the Act \"apply\" to Medibank Private Limited, the legal relationships, obligations and entitlements created by that Act will attach to the declared body corporate in accordance with the Act (Notice para (b); power cited in the opening paragraph). The Notice itself does not set out the substantive obligations or benefits — those remain in the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.\n\n- Who pays / who bears obligations: the Notice shifts which legal entity is the subject of the Act. Concretely, any duties, liabilities or administrative responsibilities imposed by the Act will apply to Medibank Private Limited from the stated effective date (1 May 1998) rather than to the previously-declared Medibank Limited (Notice paras (a)–(b)).\n\n- Who decides: the declaration and revocation are ministerial acts made under the specific statutory power cited in the Notice (paragraph (c) of the definition of \"Commonwealth authority\" in subsection 4(1) of the Act). The Minister's instrument determines the change in legal status (opening paragraph and signature block).\n\n- Compliance burden and administrative actions: making the Act apply to a different corporate entity will typically require administrative updates (for example, internal compliance, record-keeping, insurer or payroll arrangements) for the newly declared corporate entity; the Notice sets the legal date of effect (1 May 1998) which governs when those obligations begin (Notice para (b)). The Notice itself does not list specific administrative steps.\n\n# Trade-offs, incentives and implementation risks (source-grounded)\n\n- Trade-offs / opportunity costs: the Notice is narrowly targeted — it changes the identity of the corporate entity to which the Act applies. That re-identification may require the declared entity and relevant Commonwealth agencies to reallocate administrative attention and possibly alter internal arrangements to align with the Act from the effective date (Notice paras (a)–(b)).\n\n- Rent-seeking / capture risk / concentrated benefits: the instrument is a directed administrative declaration. The Notice does not set policy settings or grant advantages outside the scope of the Act; it only changes which specific corporate body is covered. Any concentration of effects would arise from the substantive rules of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act itself, not from this Notice.\n\n- Bureaucratic discretion and implementation risk: the Minister exercised the statutory power to revoke and declare (opening paragraph). The Notice creates a discrete administrative task (recording revocation of the prior declaration and recording the new declaration, dated 8 May 1998) with a specified effective date (1 May 1998). The instrument does not provide transition details; any transitional issues must be handled under the Act or by administrative practice.\n\n# Bottom line\n\nThis instrument is an administrative declaration that replaces an earlier declaration covering Medibank Limited and, from 1 May 1998, makes Medibank Private Limited (ACN 080 890 259) a body corporate to which the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 applies. The legal effect is to attach the Act's requirements and entitlements to that corporate entity; the Notice itself does not describe the substantive duties or benefits, which are contained in the Act cited (see opening paragraph and paras (a)–(b)).\n\n(Notice signed by Peter Reith, Minister for Workplace Relations and Small Business, dated 8 May 1998.)"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This notice performs exactly the function intended by the parent Act's machinery provision — it updates the list of bodies corporate covered by the workers' compensation scheme following a corporate restructure. The scope remains tightly confined to the administrative updating of coverage for a specific entity."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with two straightforward actions (revocation and declaration)","No defined terms beyond the existing statutory reference","No cross-references to other sections beyond the definitional hook in the parent Act","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Document length: approximately 150 words of operative content","Simple binary effective date (on and from 1 May 1998)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short ministerial notice that changes which company is covered by Australia's federal workers' compensation scheme (the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988).\n\n**What it does:**\n- **Revokes** (cancels) a previous decision from December 1997 that had made \"Medibank Limited\" subject to the workers' compensation scheme\n- **Declares** that from 1 May 1998, a different company — **Medibank Private Limited** (ACN 080 890 259) — is now covered by the same scheme\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Medibank Private Limited** and its employees, who are now entitled to federal workers' compensation if injured at work\n- The previous entity (Medibank Limited) is no longer covered\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis notice reflects a corporate restructure. Medibank was transitioning from a government-owned health insurer to a private company. The Minister needed to update which legal entity was covered by federal workers' compensation laws to match the new corporate structure. Without this notice, employees might have been left without clear coverage, or the wrong company might have been liable for premiums and claims."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-notice-of-declaration-notice-no-3-of-1998","history":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-notice-of-declaration-notice-no-3-of-1998/history","analysis":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-notice-of-declaration-notice-no-3-of-1998/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-notice-of-declaration-notice-no-3-of-1998/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-notice-of-declaration-notice-no-3-of-1998/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-notice-of-declaration-notice-no-3-of-1998/documents"}}