In this application:

‘applicant’ includes:

(a) a sole trader

(b) a partnership, or

(c) a company.

‘approval criteria’ means the Criteria for the Initial Approval or Renewal of Approval as a Rehabilitation Program Provider (Workplace Rehabilitation Provider) from time to time in force under section 34D of the SRC Act.

‘Code of Conduct’ means the HWCA endorsed Code of Conduct for Workplace Rehabilitation Providers as at 23 October 2009.

‘employer’ means the Entity, Commonwealth authority or licensed corporation employing the employee.

Note: The expressions Entity, Commonwealth Authority and licensed corporation are defined by subsection 4(1) of the SRC Act

‘Guide’ means the HWCA document “Guide: Nationally Consistent Approval Framework for Workplace Rehabilitation Providers” published on the HWCA website www.hwca.org.au .

‘HWCA’ means the Heads of Workers’ Compensation Authorities.

‘national Conditions of approval’ means the HWCA endorsed National Conditions of Approval as at 23 October 2009

‘prescribed fee’ means the fee prescribed by the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Regulations 2002

‘principal’ has the same meaning as that term is defined in section 34 of the SRC Act, namely:

(a) if the applicant is a partnership—any of the partners, and

(b) if the applicant is a company—any of the directors of the company and, if the person responsible for the day to day running of the company is not a director, also that person.

‘provider’ means a person (including a partnership or company) that is approved a s a rehabilitation program provider (workplace rehabilitation provider) under the SRC Act, and includes any principal of the provider.

‘Principles of Workplace rehabilitation’ means the HWCA endorsed Principles of Workplace Rehabilitation as at 23 October 2009.

‘rehabilitation program provider’ and ‘workplace rehabilitation provider’ have the same meaning.

‘the SRC Act’ means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

Notes:

1. Authentic copies of the Code of Conduct, the national Conditions of approval and the Principles of Workplace rehabilitation as at 23 October 2009 are published on the Comcare website at www.comcare.gov.au .
2. Authentic copies of the Approval Criteria and the Operational Standards are available on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments as www.comlaw.gov.au and the Comcare website at www.comcare.gov.au . The Approval Criteria and the Operational Standards are disallowable legislative instruments within the meaning of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003.