{"id":"F2024L00407","name":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Commonwealth Authority) Declaration 2024","slug":"safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-commonwealth-authority-declaration-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":105158,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2024L00407-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Commonwealth Authority) Declaration 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nSafety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Commonwealth Authority) Declaration 2024\n\nI, TONY BURKE, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, make the following declaration.\n\nDated 27 March 2024   \n\nTONY BURKE\n\nMinister for Employment and Workplace Relations\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name...................................................1\n\n2  Commencement............................................1\n\n3  Authority................................................1\n\n4  Schedules................................................1\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Commonwealth Authority) Declaration 2024.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences on the day after this instrument is registered.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This declaration is made under subparagraph (d)(ii) of the definition of Commonwealth authority in subsection 4(1) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (the Act).\n\n4  Declaration\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 4(1) of the Act in relation to the definition of Commonwealth authority, I declare that under subparagraph (d)(ii) of that definition that Inland Rail Pty Ltd (ACN 094 819 520) is a body corporate to which the Act applies.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not amend the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 or alter its statutory tests. It performs a factual classification—declaring Inland Rail Pty Ltd to be a body corporate to which the Act applies—so it triggers application of the Act but does not expand or reduce the Act's textual scope."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument that makes one declarative legal classification (clause 4).","Short statutory cross-reference to the definition in subsection 4(1) of the Act via subparagraph (d)(ii) (clause 3), so legal effect depends on the existing Act's definitions and mechanisms.","No new procedural rules, obligations or regulatory detail included in the instrument — it triggers application of an existing framework rather than creating one.","Immediate but simple commencement rule (commences the day after registration) limits timing complexity (clause 2).","Low administrative discretion in the instrument itself; decision-making and operational consequences are handled under the Act's existing provisions."],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration names Inland Rail Pty Ltd as a “Commonwealth authority” under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, so the Act applies to that company. \n\nThat change brings Inland Rail within the Act’s workplace safety, rehabilitation and compensation regime and therefore affects the company’s legal status and the people and claims governed by that regime; it determines which statutory rules, obligations and claim processes now apply to Inland Rail."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by the parent Act: it declares a specific body corporate to be a Commonwealth authority for workers' compensation purposes. The scope remains tightly limited to this single administrative action."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 4 operative sections spanning less than 2 pages","No defined terms beyond the standard legislative boilerplate","Zero cross-references to other legislation beyond the single citation of the enabling Act","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Single substantive action: declaring one named company to be a 'Commonwealth authority'"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument adds Inland Rail Pty Ltd to the companies covered by the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, bringing its workforce under the Commonwealth workers’ compensation and occupational health and safety regime. It ensures Inland Rail employees—now working for a government-owned entity on major public infrastructure—have clear access to compensation, rehabilitation and OHS protections on the same basis as other Commonwealth workers."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-commonwealth-authority-declaration-2024","history":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-commonwealth-authority-declaration-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-commonwealth-authority-declaration-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-commonwealth-authority-declaration-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-commonwealth-authority-declaration-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-commonwealth-authority-declaration-2024/documents"}}