Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1951 - SECT 16A

    (1)     The Minister may make a declaration for this section in accordance with a request by—

        (a)     an approved family day care service; or

        (b)     an approved in-home care service.

    (2)     The Minister may, on the Minister's own initiative, make a declaration for this section if the Minister considers that people engaged by an approved family day care service or an approved in-home care service should be treated as workers of the service.

    (3)     For this Act—

        (a)     an individual included in a class of individuals declared by the Minister is taken to be a worker employed by the person stated in the declaration to be the employer of individuals in that class; and

        (b)     the individual's employment is taken to be as stated in the declaration for individuals in the class.

    (4)     A declaration is a notifiable instrument.

Note     A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act .

    (5)     In this section:

"approved family day care service"—see the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 (Cwlth), section 3 (1).

"approved in-home care service"—see the A New Tax System (Family Assistance) (Administration) Act 1999 (Cwlth), section 3 (1).