{"id":"F2015L01663","name":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee - National Portrait Gallery of Australia Volunteers) Notice 2015","slug":"safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-national-portrait-gallery-of-australia","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":93481,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L01663-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 - National Portrait Gallery of Australia Volunteers) Notice 2015","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSafety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee – National Portrait Gallery of Australia Volunteers) Notice 2015\n\nI, MICHAELIA CASH, Minister for Employment, make this Notice under subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.\n\nDated 8 October 2015\n\nMICHAELIA CASH\n\nMinister for Employment\n\n1 Name of Notice\n\nThis Notice is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee – National Portrait Gallery of Australia Volunteers) Notice 2015.\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 authority identified in Column 1, shall be taken to be employed by that Commonwealth authority; 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: Classes of acts                                      |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Persons who, under the control or direction of a Commonwealth officer assist, without receiving any remuneration (other than payment of expenses incurred), in the running of the National Portrait Gallery of Australia. | 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":"This notice has a narrow, specific scope covering only National Portrait Gallery volunteers. It does not appear to have expanded beyond its original purpose of extending workers' compensation coverage to this specific volunteer group. The scope is precisely targeted as intended."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (only 3 substantive sections plus Schedule)","Only 1 defined class of persons and 1 class of acts in the Schedule","Single enabling provision (subsection 5(6) of the SRC Act)","No nested exceptions or conditional logic","Straightforward deeming provision with minimal cross-referencing"],"plain_english_summary":"Ministerial notice deems volunteers at the National Portrait Gallery to be \"employees\" under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 while performing duties under a Commonwealth officer’s direction, bringing them into the federal workers’ compensation scheme. This lets unpaid Gallery volunteers claim medical costs and income support for work-related injuries, closing a coverage gap."},"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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not alter the underlying Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988. It applies an existing statutory mechanism to a narrowly defined class of National Portrait Gallery volunteers and does not expand the Act’s substantive reach beyond that specified class (clause 3; Schedule)."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow, single-purpose instrument limited to a specific class of volunteers (Schedule, Column 1).","Dependent on an external statutory mechanism: declaration made under subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (clause 3).","Defines covered activity by reference to acts performed in connection with rendering assistance (Schedule, Column 2) — requires factual assessment of whether work falls within that description.","Creates legal employer status for the National Portrait Gallery for SRCA purposes, shifting compensation/administrative obligations to the declared authority (clause 3(a)).","Commencement is immediate (day after registration), leaving little lead time for administrative adjustment (clause 2).","Compliance burden is concentrated on the Commonwealth authority (internal recordkeeping, claims handling); volunteers remain unpaid except for expense reimbursement (Schedule, Column 1)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument declares that unpaid volunteers who, under the control or direction of a Commonwealth officer, assist in running the National Portrait Gallery of Australia are to be treated as employees of that Commonwealth authority for the purposes of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (subsection 5(6); Schedule). It commences the day after registration and, mechanically, brings those volunteers within the Act’s workplace‑injury/compensation framework while they perform the specified assistance."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-national-portrait-gallery-of-australia","history":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-national-portrait-gallery-of-australia/history","analysis":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-national-portrait-gallery-of-australia/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-national-portrait-gallery-of-australia/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-national-portrait-gallery-of-australia/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-national-portrait-gallery-of-australia/documents"}}