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Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee) Notice 2008 (1)

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This Notice declares that members of the urban search-and-rescue team appointed under the Attorney‑General and operating under Emergency Management Australia during the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake are to be treated as employed by the Commonwealth for purposes of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act (Declaration, s3; Schedule).

Mechanically, that makes the Commonwealth responsible for workers’ compensation and rehabilitation claims arising from acts connected with that response, affecting those team members and the administrators who process claims.

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Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee) Notice 2008 (1)

Notice No. 1 of 2008.

I, JULIA GILLARD, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, make this Notice under subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

Dated 14 May 2008

Julia Gillard

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

1 Name of Notice

This Notice is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee) Notice 2008 (1).

2 Commencement

This Notice commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

3 Declaration

For subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1998, I declare that:

(a) the class of persons specified in Column 1 of the schedule, being persons who engage in the activities or perform acts specified in column 2 of the Schedule, at the request or direction, or for the benefit, of the Commonwealth, shall be taken to be employed by the Commonwealth, and

(b) the employment of such persons shall, for those purposes, be taken to be constituted by the performance by such persons of the acts or activities referred to in the Schedule.

Note The persons are engaged in activities or perform acts at the request or direction, or for the benefit, of the Commonwealth.

Schedule China earthquake response team

Class of persons	Class of Acts
Members of the urban search and rescue team, appointed under the authority of the Attorney General, who are operating at the direction of Emergency Management Australia, a division of the Attorney General’s Department, responding to the May 2008 earthquake in Sichuan province, China.	All acts performed in connection with the response to the earthquake that occurred in May 2008 in Sichuan province, China.

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1 Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee) Notice 2008 (1)

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee) Notice 2008 (1)

Notice No. 1 of 2008.

I, JULIA GILLARD, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, make this Notice under subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

Dated 14 May 2008

Julia Gillard

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

1 Name of Notice

This Notice is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee) Notice 2008 (1).

2 Commencement

This Notice commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments.

3 Declaration

For subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1998, I declare that:

(b) the employment of such persons shall, for those purposes, be taken to be constituted by the performance by such persons of the acts or activities referred to in the Schedule.

Note The persons are engaged in activities or perform acts at the request or direction, or for the benefit, of the Commonwealth.

Schedule China earthquake response team

Class of persons	Class of Acts
Members of the urban search and rescue team, appointed under the authority of the Attorney General, who are operating at the direction of Emergency Management Australia, a division of the Attorney General’s Department, responding to the May 2008 earthquake in Sichuan province, China.	All acts performed in connection with the response to the earthquake that occurred in May 2008 in Sichuan province, China.