Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of ACT Employee – COVID-19 Emergency Response Volunteers) Declaration 2021

I, MICHAELIA CASH, Minister for Industrial Relations, make the following declaration.

Dated  11 October 2021   

MICHAELIA CASH

Minister for Industrial Relations

Contents

1  Name...................................................3

2  Commencement............................................3

3  Authority................................................3

4  Definitions...............................................3

5  Declaration...............................................3

1  Name

  This instrument is the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Definition of ACT Employee – COVID-19 Emergency Response Volunteers) Declaration 2021.

2  Commencement

 This declaration commences on 12 August 2021.

3  Authority

  This declaration is made under subsection 5(15) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.             

4  Definitions

  In this instrument:

  Act means the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.

  ACT means the Australian Capital Territory.

  ACT Chief Health Officer means a person appointed by the Minister under s 7(1) of the Public Health Act 1997 (ACT).

5  Declaration

I declare that persons identified by the ACT Chief Health Officer in writing to be COVID-19 Response Volunteers who, without receiving any remuneration (other than payment of expenses incurred), and

(i)       at the request or direction, or for the benefit, of the ACT;

(ii)     in accordance with a requirement made by or under an ACT enactment; or

(iii)   at the request or direction, or for the benefit, of an authority or body established by an ACT enactment

assists in the delivery of ACT COVID emergency response services under the control or direction of an ACT Government officer, are taken to be an employee of the ACT for the purposes of the Act, when rendering such assistance.