{"id":"F2014L00341","name":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Licence Eligibility - BWA Group Services Pty Ltd) Declaration 2014 (No. 1)","slug":"safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-licence-eligibility-bwa-group-services-pty-ltd-declaration-20","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":128477,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2014L00341-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Licence Eligibility - BWA Group Services Pty Ltd) Declaration 2014 (No. 1)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSafety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Licence Eligibility – BWA Group Services Pty Ltd) Declaration 2014 (No. 1)\n\nI, ERIC ABETZ, Minister for Employment, make this Declaration under subsection 100(1) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.\n\nDated 19th March 2014\n\nERIC ABETZ\n\nMinister for Employment\n\n1 Name of Declaration\n\nThis Declaration is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Licence Eligibility – BWA Group Services Pty Ltd) Declaration 2014 (No. 1).\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Declaration commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.\n\n3 Authority\n\nThis Declaration is made under subsection 100(1) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (‘the Act’).\n\n4 Declaration\n\nBeing satisfied that it would be desirable for the Act to apply to employees of BWA Group Services Pty Ltd (ABN 88 111 209 440) (‘Bankwest’), I declare that Bankwest is eligible to be granted a licence under Part VIII of the Act.\n\nNote Bankwest is a corporation that is carrying on business in competition with a Commonwealth authority or with another corporation that was previously a Commonwealth authority.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a single-entity declaration made under a specific statutory power. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose, which was always intended to allow ministerial discretion to declare individual competing corporations eligible for SRC Act licences."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (section 4) with straightforward declaratory language","No defined terms section—only one entity named (BWA Group Services Pty Ltd / Bankwest)","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the empowering provision (subsection 100(1))","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements within the instrument itself","Total length: 4 short sections spanning less than one page","Purpose is limited to a single administrative decision regarding one specific company"],"plain_english_summary":"This 2014 Ministerial decision declares BWA Group Services Pty Ltd (trading as Bankwest) eligible to apply for a special licence under the federal Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988. It does not grant the licence, but it lets Bankwest seek to join the Comcare workers’ compensation scheme — potentially shifting its employees from state schemes to the federal system because the bank competes with former government-owned financial institutions."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not expand or narrow the Act beyond declaring Bankwest eligible for a Part VIII licence under the Authority granted by subsection 100(1) (see cl.3–cl.4). It applies the existing licensing pathway to the named corporation and its employees rather than changing substantive coverage rules."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose, short instrument that performs one declaratory action","Relies on Ministerial discretion under subsection 100(1) of the Act (delegated factual/judgement-based decision)","Cross-references external substantive regime (Part VIII of the Act) — legal effect depends on that separate, broader regime","Commencement mechanism tied to registration (administrative timing dependency)","Limited factual statement (identity of corporation and competitive relationship) but legal consequence depends on subsequent licensing steps"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration, made under subsection 100(1) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, declares BWA Group Services Pty Ltd (Bankwest) eligible to be granted a licence under Part VIII of that Act and takes effect the day after registration. It brings Bankwest and its employees within the Act’s licensing regime (Ministerial decision: s100(1); Declaration: cl.4). Any regulatory compliance burdens and costs that attach to obtaining or holding a Part VIII licence will fall on Bankwest (and, in practice, affect its employees) if a licence is sought or granted."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-licence-eligibility-bwa-group-services-pty-ltd-declaration-20","history":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-licence-eligibility-bwa-group-services-pty-ltd-declaration-20/history","analysis":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-licence-eligibility-bwa-group-services-pty-ltd-declaration-20/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-licence-eligibility-bwa-group-services-pty-ltd-declaration-20/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-licence-eligibility-bwa-group-services-pty-ltd-declaration-20/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-licence-eligibility-bwa-group-services-pty-ltd-declaration-20/documents"}}