EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Statutory Rules 1987 No. 298
Issued by the authority of the Minister of State for Social Security
Subject Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Act 1971
Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Regulations (Amendment)
The purpose of the proposed Statutory Rules is to give effect to the proposal of the Government to extend the application of the Act to employees of Telecom Australia (International) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Telecom Australia, by virtue of a regulation made pursuant to subsection 7(5) of the Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Act 1971.
The proposed Statutory Rules amend Regulation 11 of the Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Regulations by adding to the class of persons in the first column of the table in subregulation 11(1) the words “Persons employed by Telecom Australia (International) Limited”, and to the class of acts in the second column of that table the words “Acts performed in the course of that employment”. Accordingly, persons who are employed by Telecom Australia (International) Limited will, from the date of notification of the proposed Statutory Rules in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette, be persons to whom and in relation to whom the Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Act 1971 applies.