{"id":"F2014L00669","name":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Licence Eligibility – Medibank Health Solutions) Declaration 2014 (No. 1)","slug":"safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-licence-eligibility-medibank-health-solutions-declaration-201","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":91815,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2014L00669-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Licence Eligibility – Medibank Health Solutions) Declaration 2014 (No. 1)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nSafety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Licence Eligibility – Medibank Health Solutions) 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 2 June 2014\n\nERIC ABETZ\n\nMinister for Employment\n\n1 Name of Declaration\n\nThis Declaration is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Licence Eligibility – Medibank Health Solutions) 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 Medibank Health Solutions Pty Limited (ACN 078 934 791) (‘Medibank Health Solutions’), I declare that Medibank Health Solutions is eligible to be granted a licence under Part VIII of the Act.\n\nNote Medibank Health Solutions is, but is about to cease to be, a Commonwealth authority.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration serves its original narrow purpose: making a single, specific entity eligible for a licence under the SRC Act. There is no evidence of scope creep; it is a targeted transitional instrument responding to a specific corporate change (cessation of Commonwealth authority status)."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 substantive sections (Name, Commencement, Authority, Declaration)","No defined terms section (only one acronym explained in a note)","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling provision (subsection 100(1) of the SRC Act)","Single operative provision with no conditions, exceptions, or nested logic","Total length: approximately 150 words of substantive text"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration makes Medibank Health Solutions eligible to apply for a licence under Part VIII of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, letting the company remain within the Commonwealth workers’ compensation scheme. It protects Medibank Health Solutions employees’ access to federal coverage as the company ceases to be a Commonwealth authority, avoiding a forced shift to state systems."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Declaration does not broaden the Act’s substantive scope; it simply applies the existing Part VIII licensing regime to a named entity (Medibank Health Solutions). It does not create new classes of persons or alter licensing rules—those remain in the Act and Part VIII (see Declaration, s.4; Authority, s.3)."},"complexity_factors":["Ministerial decision point: made under subsection 100(1) of the Act, requiring the Minister’s satisfaction (see Authority, s.3).","Targeted, single-entity effect: declaration names one corporate entity for eligibility under Part VIII (see Declaration, s.4), so legal change is narrowly focused.","External dependency: operational effects depend on the provisions of Part VIII and other provisions of the Act, which must be read to see licensing conditions and obligations (see Declaration, s.4 and Authority, s.3).","Commencement linkage: comes into force the day after registration on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments, so timing depends on administrative registration (see Commencement, s.2).","No transitional or procedural detail: instrument does not set licence conditions, fees, or transitional arrangements itself—those follow from the Act/Part VIII (see Declaration, s.4).","Entity status note: the Declaration records that Medibank Health Solutions is about to cease being a Commonwealth authority, which may affect how the Act’s arrangements operate in practice (see Note after s.4)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Declaration makes Medibank Health Solutions Pty Limited eligible to be granted a licence under Part VIII of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988. It applies to employees of Medibank Health Solutions by bringing the employer within the Act’s licensing regime; the instrument takes effect the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. The Declaration notes the company is about to cease being a Commonwealth authority."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-licence-eligibility-medibank-health-solutions-declaration-201","history":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-licence-eligibility-medibank-health-solutions-declaration-201/history","analysis":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-licence-eligibility-medibank-health-solutions-declaration-201/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-licence-eligibility-medibank-health-solutions-declaration-201/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-licence-eligibility-medibank-health-solutions-declaration-201/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-licence-eligibility-medibank-health-solutions-declaration-201/documents"}}