{"id":"F2013L01573","name":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Declared Places - Afghanistan and Iraq) Notice 2013","slug":"safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-declared-places-afghanistan-and-iraq-notice-2013","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":91372,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2013L01573-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Declared Places - Afghanistan and Iraq) Notice 2013","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: Declaration\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n \n\n![](image.001.png)\n\n \n\nSafety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Declared Places – Afghanistan and Iraq)   Notice 2013  \n\nNotice No. 1 of 2013\n\nI, WILLIAM RICHARD SHORTEN, Minister for Workplace Relations, make this Notice under paragraph 6(1)(h) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.\n\nDated     5 August 2013\n\n \n\nWILLIAM RICHARD SHORTEN\n\nMinister for Workplace Relations  \n\n1 Name of Notice\n\n  This Notice is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Declared Places – Afghanistan and Iraq) Notice 2013.\n\n2 Commencement\n\n  This Notice commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\n\n3                             Declaration\n\n  For the purposes of paragraph 6(1)(h) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, I declare that:\n\n- Afghanistan; and\n- Iraq\n\n\n  are places to which paragraph 6(1)(h) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 applies.\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Notice does not change the scope of the underlying statute; it applies an existing provision (paragraph 6(1)(h) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988) to two named places (clause 3). The instrument does not amend the Act or modify paragraph 6(1)(h); it simply declares that the paragraph applies to Afghanistan and Iraq. Any broader change in who is covered or what obligations arise depends on the unshown content of paragraph 6(1)(h) in the principal Act."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument: only three operative clauses (name, commencement, declaration).","Dependent on external statutory text: effect turns on paragraph 6(1)(h) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, which is not reproduced here.","Low factual ambiguity within the instrument itself: the places are plainly listed.","Legal effect requires cross-reference: users must consult the principal Act to understand entitlements, liabilities, and procedures.","Minimal administrative detail: commencement formula is simple but requires registration step to take effect (clause 2)."],"plain_english_summary":"What this Notice does (mechanically)\n\n- This Notice, signed by the Minister for Workplace Relations (William Richard Shorten) on 5 August 2013, declares that Afghanistan and Iraq are \"places to which paragraph 6(1)(h) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 applies\" (see heading and clause 3).  \n- The Notice starts to operate on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (clause 2).  \n- The legal vehicle used is a Ministerial declaration made under paragraph 6(1)(h) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (instrument heading and clause 3).\n\nWho is directly involved and who decides\n\n- The decision-maker is the Minister for Workplace Relations who made the declaration (signature block and heading).  \n- The Notice designates locations (Afghanistan and Iraq); it does not itself set out entitlements, payments, or procedural rules. Those concrete effects depend on how paragraph 6(1)(h) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 operates, which is not reproduced in this Notice (see heading and clause 3).\n\nWhy this matters (claimed purpose and how to assess it)\n\n- The Notice’s stated effect is to bring Afghanistan and Iraq within the scope of paragraph 6(1)(h) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (clause 3). That is a legal mapping: it links particular geographic places to an existing provision of the Act.  \n- Because the Notice does not include the text of paragraph 6(1)(h), the Notice alone does not describe specific entitlements, liabilities, or administrative duties. Any change in who receives payments, who bears costs, or what compliance steps are required flows from the operating provisions of paragraph 6(1)(h) in the Act rather than from this Notice itself.\n\nPractical implications to look for (mechanism, incentives and burdens)\n\n- Mechanism: the Minister’s declaration triggers the application of an existing statutory provision (paragraph 6(1)(h)) to the two named countries (clause 3).  \n- Who pays/benefits: not stated in this Notice. Those who pay or benefit depend on the content of the cited paragraph in the principal Act.  \n- Behavioural effects: if paragraph 6(1)(h) creates or extends compensation, rehabilitation or related obligations, covered persons, employers, insurers and the Commonwealth could face changed risk allocation and administrative duties; the Notice is the legal step that makes that statutory provision applicable to persons or events connected with Afghanistan and Iraq.  \n- Compliance and administrative burden: the Notice itself is short and administrative. Any new compliance burden would arise only if the Act’s paragraph imposes obligations once a place is declared.  \n- Discretion and implementation risk: the Notice exercises executive discretion under a statutory delegation (the Minister acting under paragraph 6(1)(h)). The administrative risk is chiefly ensuring registration and communicating the declared status to affected agencies and parties (clause 2 and clause 3).  \n- Concentrated benefits and diffuse costs: depending on the Act’s content, the group of persons covered by paragraph 6(1)(h) in those places could receive direct benefits, while costs may fall on insurers, employers, or public funds; this Notice only triggers that possible reallocation by attaching the existing statutory rule to the two countries.\n\nWhat this Notice does not do\n\n- It does not amend the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 itself, nor does it include or change the operative text of paragraph 6(1)(h). It does not explain who will pay, the amounts involved, detailed procedures, or time limits—those are determined by the Act.\n\nRelevant provisions in the Notice\n\n- Clause 1: Name of Notice.  \n- Clause 2: Commencement—operates the day after registration.  \n- Clause 3: Declaration—names Afghanistan and Iraq as places to which paragraph 6(1)(h) applies.  \n- Heading and signature block: instrument date (5 August 2013) and Minister responsible."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This notice performs exactly the narrow, specific function intended by the parent Act: declaring particular overseas locations for workers' compensation coverage. There is no evidence of scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument: only 3 operative sections","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the single enabling provision (paragraph 6(1)(h) of the SRC Act)","Simple declarative structure: 'I declare that X and Y are places'","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Binary outcome: two countries either are or are not declared places"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short legal notice made by the Minister for Workplace Relations in 2013. It **declares Afghanistan and Iraq as 'declared places'** under Australia's workers' compensation scheme for Commonwealth employees.\n\n**What this means:**\n- The *Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988* (SRC Act) is the law that provides workers' compensation coverage for Australian Government employees and certain other workers.\n- **Paragraph 6(1)(h)** of that Act allows the Minister to declare specific overseas locations as 'declared places'.\n- When a place is 'declared', employees who are injured while working there can access compensation benefits under the SRC Act, even though they are outside Australia.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Australian public servants, defence personnel, contractors, and other eligible workers sent to work in Afghanistan or Iraq.\n- Their families (in the event of a work-related death).\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Without this declaration, workers injured in these countries might not have been covered by Australia's compensation scheme, or their claims would be more complicated to process.\n- This was particularly significant during 2013, when Australia had military and civilian operations in both countries."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-declared-places-afghanistan-and-iraq-notice-2013","history":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-declared-places-afghanistan-and-iraq-notice-2013/history","analysis":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-declared-places-afghanistan-and-iraq-notice-2013/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-declared-places-afghanistan-and-iraq-notice-2013/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-declared-places-afghanistan-and-iraq-notice-2013/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-declared-places-afghanistan-and-iraq-notice-2013/documents"}}