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Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee) Notice 2010 (1)

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This Notice declares that people who assist, unpaid (other than expense reimbursement), in operating Questacon are to be treated as employees of the Commonwealth for the purposes of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988. It therefore treats their voluntary acts as constituting employment and brings those volunteers within the Commonwealth’s workplace injury and compensation framework, affecting the volunteers and the Commonwealth’s administrative and liability obligations.

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Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee) Notice 2010 (1)

Notice No. 1 of 2010.

I, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, make this Notice under subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

Dated 3 December 2010

CHRIS EVANS

Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations

1 Name of Notice

This Notice is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee) Notice 2010 (1).

2 Commencement

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

3 Declaration

For the purposes of subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, 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 specified in Column 2 of the Schedule.

Schedule

Column 1: Class of persons	Column 2: Class of acts
Persons who, under the control or direction of a Commonwealth officer assist, without receiving remuneration (other than payment of expenses incurred), in the operation of Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre.	Acts performed in connection with the rendering of assistance.

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1 Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee) Notice 2010 (1)

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee) Notice 2010 (1)

Notice No. 1 of 2010.

I, CHRIS EVANS, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations, make this Notice under subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

Dated 3 December 2010

CHRIS EVANS

Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Jobs and Workplace Relations

1 Name of Notice

This Notice is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of Employee) Notice 2010 (1).

2 Commencement

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

3 Declaration

For the purposes of subsection 5(6) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, 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 specified in Column 2 of the Schedule.

Schedule

Column 1: Class of persons	Column 2: Class of acts
Persons who, under the control or direction of a Commonwealth officer assist, without receiving remuneration (other than payment of expenses incurred), in the operation of Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre.	Acts performed in connection with the rendering of assistance.