{"id":"F2012L01168","name":"Work Health and Safety (Class of worker) Notice 2012 (No. 1)","slug":"work-health-and-safety-class-of-worker-notice-2012-no-1","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":163150,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2012L01168-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-04","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Work Health and Safety (Class of worker) Notice 2012 (No. 1)","content":"![](image.001.png)\n\nWork Health and Safety (Class of worker) Notice 2012 (No.1)\n\nNotice No. 1 of 2012\n\nI, BILL SHORTEN, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, make this Notice under subsection 7(2F) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011.\n\nDated 22 May 2012\n\nBILL SHORTEN\n\nMinister for Employment and Workplace Relations\n\n1 Name of Notice\n\nThis Notice is the Work Health and Safety (Class of worker) Notice 2012 (No. 1).\n\n2 Revocation of previous Notice\n\nThis Notice replaces and revokes the Work Health and Safety (Class of worker) Notice 2011 (No.1).\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\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 Australian Air Force Cadets, Australian Army Cadets or Australian Navy 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 Australian Air Force Cadets, Australian Army Cadets or Australian Navy 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 Australian Air Force Cadets, Australian Army Cadets or Australian Navy Cadets, but not otherwise.\n\nIn this instrument:\n\n-   ‘Australian Air Force Cadets’ has the same meaning as in the Air Force Act 1923;\n-   ‘Australian Army Cadets’ has the same meaning as in the Defence Act 1903; and\n-   ‘Australian Navy 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":2548},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The notice maintains its original narrow scope of declaring specific cadet volunteers as workers for WHS purposes under section 7(2F) of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. It replaces an earlier 2011 notice without expanding the class of workers covered or the activities to which the declaration applies."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument with only 4 operative provisions","Only 3 defined terms, each referencing external Defence legislation","Simple binary condition: protections apply only when 'engaged in activities' versus 'not otherwise'","No nested exceptions, conditional logic, or internal cross-referencing"],"plain_english_summary":"This notice treats volunteers in the Australian Air Force, Army and Navy Cadets as \"workers\" under national work health and safety laws while they take part in authorised cadet activities. That means the Commonwealth has the same legal duty to protect their safety as it does for paid employees, and cadets can access WHS protections and remedies—but only for activity-related participation."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/work-health-and-safety-class-of-worker-notice-2012-no-1","history":"/api/acts/work-health-and-safety-class-of-worker-notice-2012-no-1/history","analysis":"/api/acts/work-health-and-safety-class-of-worker-notice-2012-no-1/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/work-health-and-safety-class-of-worker-notice-2012-no-1/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/work-health-and-safety-class-of-worker-notice-2012-no-1/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/work-health-and-safety-class-of-worker-notice-2012-no-1/documents"}}