{"id":"F2014L01176","name":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee – CSIRO Volunteers) Notice 2014","slug":"safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-csiro-volunteers-notice-2014","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":92233,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2014L01176-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee – CSIRO Volunteers) Notice 2014","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSafety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee – CSIRO Volunteers) Notice 2014\n\nI, ERIC ABETZ, Minister for Employment, make this Notice under subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.\n\nDated 22 August 2014\n\nERIC ABETZ\n\nMinister for Employment\n\n1 Name of Notice\n\nThis Notice is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee – CSIRO Volunteers) Notice 2014.\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Notice commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\n\n3 Declaration\n\nFor the purposes of subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, I declare that:\n\n(a) the class of persons specified in Column 1 of the Schedule, being persons who engage in the activities or perform acts specified in Column 2 of the Schedule, at the request or direction of the Commonwealth, shall be taken to be employed by the Commonwealth; and\n\n(b) the employment of such persons shall, for those purposes, be taken to be constituted by the performance by such persons of the acts or activities specified in Column 2 of the Schedule.\n\nSchedule\n\n| Column 1: Class of persons                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Column 2: Class of acts                                        |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Persons who, under the control or direction of a Commonwealth officer assist, without receiving remuneration (other than payment of expenses incurred) the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) at:the Visitor Centre (Canberra Space Centre) at the Canberra Deep Space Communication ComplexVisitor Centres within the Australia Telescope National Facilitythe CSIRO Discovery Centrethe Australian National Herbariumthe Australian National Insect Collectionthe Australian National Wildlife Collectionthe Australian National Fish Collectionthe Australian Tree Seed Centrethe National Soil Archive | Acts performed in connection with the rendering of assistance. |","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Notice remains tightly scoped to its original purpose. It specifically targets volunteer coverage at designated CSIRO facilities and does not expand beyond the volunteer-to-employee deeming mechanism authorized by subsection 5(6) of the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (less than 2 pages)","Only 2 operative provisions (sections 3(a) and 3(b))","Single defined class of persons in a simple table format","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling provision (subsection 5(6) of the parent Act)","No nested exceptions or conditional logic","Straightforward deeming provision without temporal limitations or sunset clauses"],"plain_english_summary":"This Notice extends workplace injury coverage under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 to certain unpaid volunteers at CSIRO facilities. For compensation purposes only, those volunteers are treated as if they were Commonwealth employees while performing their duties.\n\nThat means affected volunteers can claim medical, rehabilitation and income-support benefits if injured on the job, avoiding unpaid medical costs or lost income."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This Notice expands the class of persons treated as 'employees' for the purposes of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 by expressly including certain unpaid CSIRO volunteers performing assistance activities at listed facilities. It therefore broadens who is covered by the Act for those specified activities (see section 3 and the Schedule)."},"complexity_factors":["Instrument is narrow and single-purpose: a ministerial declaration under subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (preamble; section 3).","Scope defined by Schedule: coverage limited to persons assisting CSIRO at a specific list of facilities (Schedule), which makes scope geographically and functionally bounded but dependent on that list.","Control/direction condition: coverage applies only where persons act 'under the control or direction of a Commonwealth officer' (Schedule), introducing a factual threshold for application.","Remuneration qualifier: volunteers must be unpaid except for payment of expenses incurred (Schedule), creating a line-drawing issue about what counts as remuneration or reimbursable expenses.","Broadness of covered acts: column 2 describes 'acts performed in connection with the rendering of assistance,' a wide phrasing that may require fact-specific interpretation to delimit covered activities (Schedule).","Commencement timing: starts the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments (section 2), a simple procedural element but important for administrative timing.","Legal effect limited to 'for the purposes of subsection 5(6)' (preamble; section 3): the declaration modifies application of the SR&C Act rather than creating new standalone rights or obligations."],"plain_english_summary":"Mechanically, this Notice declares certain unpaid CSIRO volunteers to be ‘employees’ of the Commonwealth for the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 when they assist CSIRO at specified facilities. It affects volunteers who operate under the control or direction of a Commonwealth officer and the Commonwealth/CSIRO, because those volunteer acts will be treated as employment for workers’ compensation and rehabilitation purposes. This matters because it assigns legal coverage and potential employer responsibility while preserving non‑remuneration except reimbursement of expenses."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-csiro-volunteers-notice-2014","history":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-csiro-volunteers-notice-2014/history","analysis":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-csiro-volunteers-notice-2014/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-csiro-volunteers-notice-2014/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-csiro-volunteers-notice-2014/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-csiro-volunteers-notice-2014/documents"}}