{"id":"F2019L00298","name":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Specified Diseases and Employment) Amendment Instrument 2019","slug":"safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-specified-diseases-and-employment-amendment-instrument-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":439981,"registerId":"F2019L00298-fast-fetch-1775955790165","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Specified Diseases and Employment) Amendment Instrument 2019","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nSafety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Specified Diseases and Employment) Amendment Instrument 2019\n\nI, KELLY O’DWYER, Minister for Jobs and Industrial Relations, make the following instrument.\n\n \n\nDated  7 March 2019   \n\nKELLY O’DWYER\n\nMinister for Jobs and Industrial Relations\n\n \n\nContents\n\n1  Name\n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Schedules\n\nSchedule 1—Amendments\n\nSafety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Specified Diseases and Employment) Instrument 2017\n\n \n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Specified Diseases and Employment) Amendment Instrument 2019.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n  This instrument commences the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under subsection 7(1) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.\n\n4  Schedules\n\n  Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.\n\nSchedule 1—Amendments\n\nSafety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Specified Diseases and Employment) Instrument 2017\n\n1  Schedule 1 (table item 43, column 2, subparagraph (b)(iv))\n\nOmit “friction”, substitute “pressure”.\n\n2  Schedule 2 (table item 22, column 2, paragraph (a) (second occurring))\n\nOmit “(a) Arabidopsis thaliana; or” substitute “(aa) Arabidopsis thaliana; or”.\n\n3  Transitional—operation for the purposes of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988\n\nThe amendments of this instrument made by the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Specified Diseases and Employment) Amendment Instrument 2019 do not apply in relation to the operation of this instrument for the purposes of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988.\n\nNote: This instrument operates for the purposes of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 because of item 63 of Schedule 1 to the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Legislation Amendment (Defence Force) Act 2017.\n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. 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It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of maintaining the accuracy of the specified diseases list."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument—only 3 substantive amendments","No defined terms section (relies on parent Act)","Minimal cross-referencing—only references to the 2017 principal instrument and the 1988 Act","Simple conditional logic—only one transitional provision with a straightforward exclusion","Technical corrections only—no new substantive concepts introduced"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument makes minor technical corrections to the Commonwealth workers’ compensation presumptions list, replacing “friction” with “pressure” for a skin cancer entry, fixing a duplicated numbering label in a plant-allergy list, and adding a transitional rule excluding defence force claims. It affects federal public servants and Commonwealth authority employees claiming these conditions; it’s housekeeping only and does not change entitlement or compensation outcomes."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"The instrument narrowly changes the scope of the 2017 instrument by substituting “pressure” for “friction” in Schedule 1 (item 1), which can alter which workplace exposures are captured for specified‑disease claims. The renumbering of the Arabidopsis thaliana paragraph (Schedule 1, item 2) is administrative. The transitional provision (Schedule 1, item 3) excludes these amendments from operation for the purposes of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988. The instrument was made by the Minister under subsection 7(1) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988; practical effects are limited but could change claimant eligibility and decision outcomes where the substituted wording is pivotal."},"complexity_factors":["Very limited number of textual amendments (one-word substitution and a paragraph label change)","Narrow subject-matter: amendments apply only to the 2017 specified diseases instrument","Transitional carve-out interacting with the Defence‑related Claims Act increases legal cross-reference complexity","Potential substantive effect depends on statutory/textual interpretation of a single word","Made under a single statutory head of power (subsection 7(1) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988) and simple commencement rule"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument makes two narrow textual changes to the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Specified Diseases and Employment) Instrument 2017 and adds a transitional rule. It substitutes the word “pressure” for “friction” in one table entry, renumbers a paragraph reference for Arabidopsis thaliana, and states those changes do not apply for the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence‑related Claims) Act 1988. It affects workers, employers and claimants whose compensation eligibility depends on the instrument’s wording because a single‑word change can alter which exposures qualify."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-specified-diseases-and-employment-amendment-instrument-2019","history":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-specified-diseases-and-employment-amendment-instrument-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-specified-diseases-and-employment-amendment-instrument-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-specified-diseases-and-employment-amendment-instrument-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-specified-diseases-and-employment-amendment-instrument-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/safety-rehabilitation-and-compensation-specified-diseases-and-employment-amendment-instrument-2019/documents"}}