{"id":"F2015L02019","name":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee – War Artists and Entertainers) Notice 2015","slug":"safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-definition-of-employee-war-artists-and-entertainers-notice-20","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":93792,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L02019-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 – War Artists and Entertainers) Notice 2015","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSafety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee – War Artists and Entertainers) 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 December 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 –War Artists and Entertainers) 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\n3.1 For the purposes of subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (the SRC Act), I declare that persons (other than persons specified in item 3.2), who engage in the activities or perform acts specified in Column 2 of the Schedule, at the request or direction of the Commonwealth or the Commonwealth authority identified in Column 3:\n\n(a) shall be taken, for the purposes of the SRC Act, to be employed by the Commonwealth or the Commonwealth authority as the case may be; and\n\n(b) the employment of such persons shall, for the purposes of the SRC Act, be taken to be constituted by the performance by such persons of the acts or activities specified in Column 2 of the Schedule.\n\n    3.2 This declaration does not apply to:\n\n(a) a person who is a ‘member’ as defined under section 5 of the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004; or\n\n(b) a person to whom a workers’ compensation law of a State, Territory or foreign country applies in respect of that person’s employment as described in item 3.1(b).\n\nSchedule\n\n| Item | Column 1 (Class of persons)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Column 2 (Class of acts or activities)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Column 3 (Body)                                                                                                |\n| ---- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| 1    | Persons commissioned by the Australian War Memorial to provide original works in a range of media, including still photography, cinematography, paintings, drawings and written work concerning the operations of the Australian Defence Force                                                                                | Acts performed in an Australian Defence Force area of operations for the purpose of providing works as commissioned by the Australian War MemorialNote: A person who is commissioned by the Australian War Memorial to provide original works in a range of media, including still photography, cinematography, paintings, drawings, and written work concerning the operations of the Australian Defence Force is taken to have acted at the direction or request of the Australian War Memorial when performing acts in an Australian Defence Force area of operations for the purposes of providing works as commissioned by the Australian War Memorial. | The Australian War MemorialNote: The Australian War Memorial is a Commonwealth authority.                      |\n| 2    | Persons contracted by the Department of Defence for the purposes of providing:(a) entertainment;(b) support for entertainment referred to in paragraph (a);(c) management or technical support for entertainment referred to in paragraph (a); or(d) support for management or technical support referred to in paragraph (c) | Acts performed in the provision or support of entertainment                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | The CommonwealthNote: The Commonwealth refers to the Commonwealth as represented by the Department of Defence. |","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation maintains its original narrow scope. It was clearly designed specifically to extend workers' compensation coverage to war artists and entertainers working with Defence, and it does exactly that without expanding into broader areas."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (3 operative sections plus Schedule)","Only 2 defined classes of persons in the Schedule","Simple declaratory structure with one main condition and two straightforward exclusions","No nested definitions or complex cross-referencing beyond the parent Act (SRC Act 1988)","Minimal conditional logic: essentially 'if you do X at request of Y, you are deemed an employee'"],"plain_english_summary":"This law treats war artists commissioned by the Australian War Memorial and entertainers contracted by Defence as employees for Commonwealth workers’ compensation while performing duties in military areas. It doesn’t affect serving ADF members or people already covered by state, territory, or foreign schemes. The change lets injured or killed artists and entertainers (or their families) claim federal workers’ compensation protections while working in dangerous Defence environments."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"This instrument expands the SRC Act’s practical scope by declaring specified commissioned war artists and Defence entertainers to be Commonwealth employees for SRC purposes when performing the listed acts, thereby bringing those acts within Commonwealth employer obligations (3.1; Schedule). It does not amend the SRC Act itself but alters which persons/acts fall within its employee definition; exclusions for military members and persons covered by other workers’ compensation laws remain (3.2)."},"complexity_factors":["Targeted definitional change rather than amendment to the SRC Act — a Ministerial declaration treats specified classes as Commonwealth employees for SRC Act purposes (intro; 3.1).","Schedule-based classes require factual determinations: whether work was performed in an Australian Defence Force area of operations and whether acts fall within the commissioned/entertainment categories (Schedule, Item 1; Item 2).","Exclusions that create cross‑jurisdictional checks — persons who are military 'members' (3.2(a)) or already covered by State, Territory or foreign workers’ compensation laws are carved out (3.2(b)), requiring administrators/claimants to check other regimes.","Broadly‑worded activity categories (e.g. 'entertainment', 'support', 'management or technical support') may require case‑by‑case interpretation, increasing adjudicative effort (Schedule, Item 2).","Timing and commencement mechanics are simple (commences day after registration) but require record evidence of when/where acts were performed to trigger SRC coverage (Commencement; Schedule).","Shifts financial and legal obligations onto the Commonwealth or identified authority (who pays) for covered acts, altering risk allocation between private contractors/commissioned artists and the Commonwealth (3.1; Schedule).","Dependence on Ministerial exercise of power under subsection 5(6) creates a discrete administrative route to expand or restrict covered classes without primary‑law amendment (intro)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Notice declares certain war artists and Defence entertainers to be employees of the Commonwealth (or the named Commonwealth authority) for the purposes of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 when they perform the listed acts, so employer obligations under the SRC Act attach to the Commonwealth/authority (3.1; Schedule). The Minister issues the declaration under s5(6). Excluded are military ‘members’ and people already covered by a State, Territory or foreign workers’ compensation law (3.2)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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