{"id":"F2010L03277","name":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee) Notice 2010 (2)","slug":"safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-notice-2010-2","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":85524,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2010L03277-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) Notice 2010 (2)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSafety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee) Notice 2010 (2)\n\nNotice No. 2 of 2010.\n\nI, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, make this Notice under subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.\n\nDated 3 December 2010\n\nChris Evans\n\nCHRIS EVANS\n\nMinister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations\n\n1 Name of Notice\n\nThis Notice is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee) Notice 2010 (2).\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, or for the benefit, 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 any remuneration (other than payment of expenses incurred), the Department of the House of Representatives in promoting the House of Representatives and the Parliament to the community. | Acts performed in connection with the rendering of assistance. |","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This notice performs exactly the function intended by subsection 5(6) of the SRC Act: extending coverage to specific classes of non-employees. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, specific purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (4 sections plus a single-row schedule)","Only 1 defined class of persons and 1 class of acts","Single cross-reference to the empowering provision (subsection 5(6) of the SRC Act)","No nested conditions or exceptions beyond the basic criteria in the Schedule (unpaid, under direction, for the Department)","Straightforward declaratory language ('shall be taken to be employed')"],"plain_english_summary":"This notice treats unpaid volunteers who, under a Commonwealth officer’s direction, promote the House of Representatives and Parliament to the public as if they were Commonwealth employees for workers’ compensation under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988. \n\nIt closes a protection gap so such volunteers have access to injury cover (medical, income and rehabilitation) if hurt while carrying out that community-engagement work."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not amend the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988; it exercises the Act’s existing declaratory power (subsection 5(6)) to treat a defined class of unpaid assistants as employees for the Act’s purposes. The notice therefore applies the Act to a specific group rather than changing the Act’s substantive scope."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, specific operation: single declaratory instrument covering one class of persons (Schedule, Column 1 & 2).","Statutory basis: exercise of a single power in subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.","Plain eligibility criteria but some interpretive terms: 'assist', 'control or direction of a Commonwealth officer', and 'payment of expenses incurred' could require administrative or judicial interpretation.","Administrative consequence is straightforward: Commonwealth becomes the liable employer for claims arising from the specified acts.","Low legislative drafting complexity: no amendments to primary legislation, no multi-part regulatory regime or cross-references beyond the Act."],"plain_english_summary":"This notice uses the power in subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 to treat a narrow class of unpaid assistants as Commonwealth employees for the Act’s purposes. It covers people who, under the control of a Commonwealth officer, assist the Department of the House of Representatives to promote the House and Parliament and who receive no remuneration other than expense reimbursement. Mechanically, those assistance activities are treated as 'employment', making the Commonwealth liable under the Act’s safety, rehabilitation and compensation rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-notice-2010-2","history":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-notice-2010-2/history","analysis":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-notice-2010-2/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-notice-2010-2/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-notice-2010-2/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-notice-2010-2/documents"}}