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Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - Notice of Declaration under subsection 5(6) (Notice No. 5 of 2002)

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This ministerial notice under subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 declares that unpaid volunteers who, under the control of a Commonwealth employee, assist the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust with bush regeneration, conservation works or guided tours are to be treated as 'employed by the Commonwealth' for acts connected with that assistance. Mechanically, that extends coverage under the Act to those acts from the date of publication.

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Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - Notice of Declaration under subsection 5(6) (Notice No. 5 of 2002)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

NOTICE OF DECLARATION UNDER SUBSECTION 5(6)

Notice No 5 of 2002

I, ANTHONY JOHN ABBOTT, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, hereby declare for the purposes of subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 that on and from the date of publication of this notice in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette:

(a) a person who is included in the class of persons referred to in the first column of the following table, being a class of persons who engage in activities or perform acts at the request or direction, for the benefit, or under a requirement made by or under a law, of the Commonwealth, is declared to be employed by the Commonwealth; and

(b) the employment of the person is declared to be constituted by the performance of an act included in the class of acts referred to in the second column of that table opposite to the reference to that class of persons:

First ColumnClass of Persons	Second ColumnClass of Acts
Persons who, under the control or direction of a Commonwealth employee, assist the Sydney Harbour Federation Trust with bush regeneration and restoration or conservation works and by conducting guided tours of the Trust sites, without receiving any remuneration (other than payment of expenses incurred).	Acts performed in connection with the rendering of the assistance.

TONY ABBOTT

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

Dated 16/12/2002.

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1 Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - Notice of Declaration under subsection 5(6) (Notice No. 5 of 2002)