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Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - Notice of Declaration under subsection 5(6) (Notice No. 2 of 2000)

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This ministerial notice uses the power in subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 to declare that unpaid people who assist the National Capital Authority to promote Canberra are to be treated as "employed by the Commonwealth" for SRCA purposes. Mechanically, acts done in connection with that assistance are treated as the employment, making the Commonwealth the responsible employer for compensation and rehabilitation claims from the date the notice is published.

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Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - Notice of Declaration under subsection 5(6) (Notice No. 2 of 2000)

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

SAFETY, REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988

NOTICE OF DECLARATION UNDER SECTION 5(6)

Notice No 2 of 2000

I, PETER KEASTON REITH, Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business, 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 by the person 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, without receiving any remuneration (other than payment of expenses incurred), assist the National Capital Authority in fostering an awareness of Canberra as the National Capital.	Acts performed in connection with the rendering of the assistance.

Dated 12th September 2000

PETER REITH

Minister for Employment, Workplace Relations and Small Business

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1 Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 - Notice of Declaration under subsection 5(6) (Notice No. 2 of 2000)