1Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Directions 2023

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Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia

 

Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Directions 2023

I, TONY BURKE, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, give the following directions to the Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority.

Dated 30 June 2023    

TONY BURKE

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

 

 

 

Contents

1  Name

2  Commencement

3  Authority

4  Definitions

5  Directions

6  Schedule

Schedule 1—Repeals

Seafarers Safety Rehabilitation and Compensation Directions 2006 (1)

 

1  Name 

  This instrument is the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Directions 2023.

2  Commencement

This instrument commences on 1 July 2023.

3  Authority

  This instrument is made under section 107 of the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992.

4  Definitions

  In this instrument:

Seafarers Act means the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992.

Exemption Guidelines means the exemption guidelines adopted by the Seacare Authority to assist in determining requests for exemption from the application of the Seafarers Act.

Seacare Authority means the Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority.

5  Directions

 

I direct the Seacare Authority to amend its Exemption Guidelines to specify that:

 

(a)      the integrity and ongoing viability of the Seacare scheme is a primary factor in determining all applications for exemption from the operation of the Seafarers Act under section 20A of that Act; and

 

(b)      a reduction in workers’ compensation entitlements for affected seafarers is a primary factor in determining not to grant an exemption under section 20A of the Seafarers Act where the Seacare Authority is satisfied that a reduction in entitlements would be a likely outcome for the employees on a particular ship; and

 

(c)      where an applicant requests an exemption from the application of the Seafarers Act under section 20A on the grounds that workers’ compensation insurance under the Seafarers Act is unavailable, a primary factor in determining the application is whether the Seacare Authority is reasonably satisfied that the applicant has taken all reasonable steps to obtain insurance or indemnification for the applicant’s workers’ compensation liability under the Seafarers Act; and