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Workers Compensation Act 1951
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17 Religious workers
(1) The Minister may make a declaration for this section in accordance
with a request by—
(a) a religious organisation; or
(b) a person acting on behalf of a religious organisation.
(2) For this Act—
(a) an individual included in a class of individuals declared by the
Minister is taken to be a worker employed by the person stated
in the declaration to be the employer of individuals in that class;
and
(b) the individual’s employment is taken to be as stated in the
declaration for individuals in the class.
(3) A declaration is a notifiable instrument.