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Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 - Seacare Authority Notice No. 1 of 1997

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This notice sets two specific rules for seafarers (maritime workers) making workers' compensation claims under Commonwealth law:

1. Travel reimbursement: Seafarers can claim 30 cents per kilometre when they need to travel for medical treatment, rehabilitation, or compensation claim processes.

2. Medical exam limits: If a seafarer asks their employer to reconsider a compensation decision, the employer cannot force them to see the same doctor more than once a month.

These rules took effect on 1 July 1997.

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA

SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992

SEACARE AUTHORITY NOTICE NO. 1 OF 1997

I, JOHN RANDALL SHARP, Minister for Transport and Regional Development, HEREBY, with effect from 1 July 1997:

(a) specify a rate of 30 cents per kilometre in respect of journeys to which subsections 66(4B) and 83A(5) of the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 (the Act) apply; and

(b) state that, for the purposes of subsection 83A(9) of the Act, where a claimant has requested an employer to reconsider a determination under subsection 78(2) of the Act, an employee must not be required to undergo a medical examination by the same medical practitioner at more frequent intervals than once a month.

Date 25th MAY 1997

(signed)

John Sharp

Minister for Transport and Regional Development

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