{"id":"F2011L02651","name":"Work Health and Safety (Class of worker) Notice 2011 (No. 1)","slug":"work-health-and-safety-class-of-worker-notice-2011-no-1","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":88959,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2011L02651-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Work Health and Safety (Class of worker) Notice 2011 (No. 1)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nWork Health and Safety (Class of worker) Notice 2011 (No. 1)\n\nNotice No. 1 of 2011\n\nI, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, make this Notice under subsection 7(2F) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.\n\nDated 6th December 2011\n\nCHRIS EVANS\n\nMinister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations\n\n1 Name of Notice\n\nThis Notice is the Work Health and Safety (Class of worker) Notice 2011 (No. 1).\n\n2 Commencement\n\nThis Notice commences on 1 January 2012.\n\n3 Declaration\n\nFor the purposes of subsection 7(2F) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011,  \nI declare that:\n\n-   a person who volunteers and is accepted into the Air Training Corps, Australian Cadet Corps or Naval Reserve Cadets is:\n\na) a worker;\n\nb) at work throughout the time that the person is engaged in activities as a member of the Air Training Corps, Australian Cadet Corps or Naval Reserve Cadets; and\n\nc) carrying out work for a business or undertaking for the Commonwealth when the person is engaged in activities connected with the Air Training Corps, Australian Cadet Corps or Naval Reserve Cadets, but not otherwise.\n\nIn this instrument:\n\n-   ‘Air Training Corps’ has the same meaning as in the Air Force Act 1923;\n-   ‘Australian Cadet Corps’ has the same meaning as in the Defence Act 1903; and\n-   ‘Naval Reserve Cadets’ has the same meaning as in the Naval Defence Act 1910.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1787},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument maintains its original narrow purpose of specifically declaring cadet volunteers as workers under the WHS Act. It has not expanded beyond this single, discrete issue of clarifying the employment status of defence youth program participants for safety law purposes."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument with only 3 operative sections","Single declaration with three straightforward subparagraphs (a), (b) and (c)","No nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond the simple 'when engaged in activities' limitation","Definitions are circular references to other Acts (Air Force Act 1923, Defence Act 1903, Naval Defence Act 1910) rather than complex internal definitions"],"plain_english_summary":"This notice treats teenage and young adult volunteers in the Air Training Corps, Australian Cadet Corps and Naval Reserve Cadets as \"workers\" under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011—but only while they are undertaking official cadet activities. \n\nThat makes the Commonwealth legally responsible for their safety during training, drills and camps, closing a gap that previously left volunteer cadets' WHS coverage unclear."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/work-health-and-safety-class-of-worker-notice-2011-no-1","history":"/api/acts/work-health-and-safety-class-of-worker-notice-2011-no-1/history","analysis":"/api/acts/work-health-and-safety-class-of-worker-notice-2011-no-1/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/work-health-and-safety-class-of-worker-notice-2011-no-1/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/work-health-and-safety-class-of-worker-notice-2011-no-1/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/work-health-and-safety-class-of-worker-notice-2011-no-1/documents"}}