{"id":"F2006B07643","name":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - Notice of Declaration - Queensland Orchestras Pty Ltd (Notice No. 4 of 2000)","slug":"safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-notice-of-declaration-queensland-orchestras-pty-ltd-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":50360,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2006B07643-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - Notice of Declaration - Queensland Orchestras Pty Ltd (Notice No. 4 of 2000)","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 Gazette\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n \n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nSafety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nNOTICE OF DECLARATION – QUEENSLAND ORCHESTRAS PTY LTD\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nNotice No 4 of 2000\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nI, ANTHONY JOHN ABBOTT, Acting Minister for Employment, 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 January 2001, the following body corporate is a body corporate to which that Act applies:\n\n \n\n \n\nQueensland Orchestras Pty Ltd (ACN 094 916 444)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nTONY ABBOTT TONY ABBOTT\n\nActing Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business\n\n \n\nDated    22/12/2000\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The notice extends the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 to cover Queensland Orchestras Pty Ltd by declaring it to be a body corporate to which the Act applies (effective 1 January 2001). The instrument therefore changes the Act’s practical coverage with respect to that named entity."},"complexity_factors":["Single, short ministerial declaration with a clear operative effect.","Requires cross-reference to paragraph (c) of the definition of 'Commonwealth authority' in subsection 4(1) of the Act to understand the full legal consequences.","No substantive procedural or transitional detail included in the notice—practical effects depend on the main Act and administrative implementation.","Administrative discretion is exercised (Ministerial power), so understanding scope requires review of the enabling provision in the Act."],"plain_english_summary":"What this notice does (mechanically)\n\n- The Acting Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, Anthony John Abbott, used a power in the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 to declare that a particular company is a \"body corporate to which that Act applies\". The legal basis cited is paragraph (c) of the definition of \"Commonwealth authority\" in subsection 4(1) of the Act.\n- The company named is Queensland Orchestras Pty Ltd (ACN 094 916 444).\n- The declaration takes effect on 1 January 2001. The notice is dated 22 December 2000 and is signed by the Acting Minister.\n\nWho is affected and how\n\n- Directly affected: Queensland Orchestras Pty Ltd. The notice changes that company’s legal status under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 by bringing it within the class of bodies covered by the Act (under the cited provision).\n- No other entities are named in the notice; the instrument operates in respect of the single body corporate identified.\n\nWhy this matters (as stated and what the notice itself does not say)\n\n- As stated in the notice, the instrument’s purpose is to bring the named company within the scope of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 by relying on the Ministerial power in paragraph (c) of the definition of \"Commonwealth authority\" (subsection 4(1)).\n- The notice does not set out or describe the specific obligations, liabilities, costs, or administrative consequences that follow from being a body to which the Act applies. Those consequences are determined by the provisions of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 itself and are not reproduced in this notice.\n\nMechanisms, decision-making and implementation points (source-grounded)\n\n- Who decides: the Acting Minister made the declaration (Anthony John Abbott), exercising the authority referenced in paragraph (c) of the definition in subsection 4(1) of the Act (as cited in the notice).\n- What changes legally: the company’s status under the Act is altered by the declaration; the notice effects that change from the specified effective date (1 January 2001).\n- Implementation detail not included: the notice does not describe how agencies will administer the change, how compliance will be monitored, or any transitional arrangements; those details would be found in the Act and in any administrative guidance or subsequent instruments.\n\nBrief analytical lens (limited to what the notice shows)\n\n- The instrument is a single-entity, Ministerial declaration: it names one company and changes that company’s statutory coverage under the Act. The notice therefore effects a selective change in scope by naming an individual legal entity.\n- The legal mechanism used is an explicit Ministerial declaration under the cited paragraph and subsection; the notice is an exercise of that statutory power and makes the alteration operative from the specified date.\n\nKey source citations\n\n- Legal basis cited in the notice: paragraph (c) of the definition of \"Commonwealth authority\" in subsection 4(1) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.\n- Named entity and ACN, effective date, Minister and signature/date are all recorded in the notice itself."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a standard administrative declaration made under existing delegated powers. It does not expand the scope of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988; it merely applies the existing statutory framework to one additional entity. The original intent of the Act always included the power to declare bodies corporate as 'Commonwealth authorities' — this notice exercises that power in a routine, narrow fashion."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision: one declaration applying to one named company","No defined terms within the instrument itself — relies entirely on external statutory definitions","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the single citation to subsection 4(1) of the parent Act","Length: approximately 150 words of substantive content","No procedural requirements or compliance obligations set out in the notice itself"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this is:** A short official notice (called a 'declaration') made under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.\n\n**What it does:** It adds **Queensland Orchestras Pty Ltd** (a company that runs orchestras in Queensland) to the list of organisations covered by Australia's federal workers' compensation scheme. This means that from **1 January 2001**, if any employee of Queensland Orchestras is injured at work, they can claim compensation and rehabilitation support under the federal SRC Act instead of (or alongside) any state-based scheme.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Employees of Queensland Orchestras** — they now have access to the federal workers' comp system\n- **Queensland Orchestras itself** — it must now comply with the federal Act and pay premiums into the federal scheme\n- **The Australian Government** — it becomes responsible for handling claims from these workers\n\n**Why it matters:** Normally, state-based workers' compensation schemes cover most employees in Australia. However, the federal government can 'declare' certain bodies to be 'Commonwealth authorities' so their workers come under the federal system. This is often done for organisations that have strong ties to federal funding or national cultural significance — in this case, ensuring musicians and staff of a major orchestra have consistent, portable coverage regardless of which state they perform in."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-notice-of-declaration-queensland-orchestras-pty-ltd-","history":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-notice-of-declaration-queensland-orchestras-pty-ltd-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-notice-of-declaration-queensland-orchestras-pty-ltd-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-notice-of-declaration-queensland-orchestras-pty-ltd-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-notice-of-declaration-queensland-orchestras-pty-ltd-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-act-1988-notice-of-declaration-queensland-orchestras-pty-ltd-/documents"}}