Workers Compensation (Bush Fire, Emergency and Rescue Services) Regulation 2023
7Rescue association workers—authorised activities—the Act, s 23
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 7
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Workers Compensation (Bush Fire, Emergency and Rescue Services) Regulation 2023.
7 Rescue association workers—authorised activities—the Act, s 23
7 Rescue association workers—authorised activities—the Act, s 23
(1) For the Act, section 23, definition of authorised activity, paragraph (b), the following activities are prescribed if carried out by the rescue association worker without remuneration or reward, voluntarily and without obligation—
(a) for board members of the VRA Rescue NSW Limited, ACN 650 552 177—meetings and other activities related to the business of the VRA Rescue NSW Limited,
(b) for surf life savers—the following activities carried out under arrangements approved by Surf Life Saving New South Wales, ACN 138 025 573—
(i) surf life saving operations,
(ii) training and preparatory activities related to surf life saving operations,
(iii) fundraising,
(c) for persons referred to in this regulation, section 8—the following activities carried out under arrangements approved by the VRA Rescue NSW Limited, ACN 650 552 177—
(i) assistance at accidents,
(ii) ski patrol operations and other safety patrol operations,
(iii) search and rescue operations,
(iv) recovery of bodies,
(v) training and preparatory activities related to the activities described in paragraphs (i)–(iv),
(vi) fundraising,
(d) for rescue association workers for the Act, section 23, definition of rescue association worker—an activity the Self Insurance Corporation considers to be similar to an activity referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).
(2) In this section—
surf life saver means a member of a surf life saving club or branch affiliated with Surf Life Saving New South Wales, ACN 138 025 573.