Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Directions Amendment Instrument 2023 (Cth)

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Directions Amendment Instrument 2023

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

I, TONY BURKE, Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations, make the following instrument.

Dated 8 June 2023  

TONY BURKE

Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations

Contents

1      Name…………………………………………………………………………………… 1

2      Commencement………………………………………………………………………...  1

3      Authority……………………………………………………………………………….. 1

4      Definitions……………………………………………………………………………… 1

5      Schedules…………………………………………………………………………......... 1

Schedule 1 – Amendments    2

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Directions 2019                   2

1  Name

This instrument is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Directions Amendment Instrument 2023.

2  Commencement

This instrument commences on the day after it is registered on the Federal Register of Legislation.

3  Authority

This instrument is made under sections 89D and 101 of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

4  Definitions

In this instrument:

Act means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

5  Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments

Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Directions 2019

1. After section 7

Insert:

7A Matters to be considered in deciding whether to grant a licence – eligible corporations  

In determining an application for a licence under section 104 of the Act, the primary criteria to be considered by the Commission is whether it is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that:

(a)    the applicant is a member of a corporate group in which a majority of employees in the corporate group are, at the time of the application, covered by the Act; and

(b)   the licence would not result in an overall reduction in workers’ compensation entitlements for the employees of the applicant to be covered by the Act.