Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1984 No. 1631

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Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby make the following Regulations under the Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Act 1971.

Dated 18 July 1984.

N. M. STEPHEN

Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

DON GRIMES

Minister of State for Social Security

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Principal Regulations

1. In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Regulations.

2. The Principal Regulations are amended by adding after regulation 28 the following regulation:

Laws prescribed for the purposes of the Act

“29. For the purposes of the definition of ‘prescribed law’ in sub-section 121a (1) of the Act, each law of a State or Territory specified in a Part of Schedule 5 is declared to be a prescribed law for the purposes of the Act.”.

Schedule 5

3. The Principal Regulations are amended by adding at the end thereof the following Schedule:

SCHEDULE 5 Regulation 29

PRESCRIBED LAWS

Part 1 —Laws of the State of New South Wales

Compensation to Relatives Act of 1897

Crimes Act, 1900

Damage by Aircraft Act, 1952

Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act, 1967

Criminal Injuries Compensation Act, 1967

Sporting Injuries Insurance Act, 1978

Part 2—Laws of the State of Victoria

Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1961

Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1972

Motor Accidents Act 1973

Part 3—Laws of the State of Queensland

The Criminal Code Act, 1899

Part 4—Laws of the State of Western Australia

Criminal Code Act Compilation Act, 1913

Fatal Accidents Act, 1959

Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act, 1961

Damage by Aircraft Act, 1964

Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1982

Part 5—Laws of the State of South Australia

Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act, 1962

Criminal Injuries Compensation Act, 1977-78

Part 6—Laws of the State of Tasmania

Criminal Code Act 1924

Fatal Accidents Act 1934

Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1963

Damage by Aircraft Act 1963

Motor Accidents (Liabilities and Compensation) Act 1973

Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1976

Part 7—Laws of the Australian Capital Territory

Crimes Act, 1900 of the State of New South Wales in its application to the Australian Capital Territory

Criminal Injuries Compensation Ordinance 1983

Part 8—Laws of the Northern Territory

Compensation (Fatal Injuries) Act

Motor Accidents (Compensation) Act

Crimes Compensation Act 1982

 

NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 25 July 1984.

2. Statutory Rules 1971 No. 112 as amended by 1978 No. 72; 1980 No. 254; 1981 No. 247; 1982 Nos. 98, 117 and 291; 1983 Nos. 50 and 233; 1984 No. 67.