SAFETY, REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 98A Outline of Part

SAFETY, REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 98A

  (1)   This Part enables the Commission to grant licences to Commonwealth authorities or eligible corporations.

  (2)   If a licence is granted to a Commonwealth authority, this Act continues to apply in relation to employees of the authority but, depending on the scope of the licence, the application of this Act is subject to either or both of the following:

  (a)   the acceptance by the authority of the whole or a part of the liability under this Act for payments in respect of injury, loss or damage suffered by, or the death of, some or all of its employees;

  (b)   the acceptance by the authority of the responsibility for managing certain claims under this Act in respect of injury, loss or damage suffered by, or the death of, some or all of its employees.

  (3)   If a licence is granted to an eligible corporation, this Act applies in relation to some or all of the employees of the corporation in a similar way to the way in which it applies to employees of the Commonwealth but the application is subject to:

  (a)   the acceptance by the corporation of the whole or a part of the liability under this Act for payments in respect of injury, loss or damage suffered by, or the death of, those employees; and

  (b)   the acceptance by the corporation of the function of managing claims under this Act in respect of that injury, loss, damage or death.

  (4)   If a licence is granted to a Commonwealth authority or to a corporation, the application of this Act is also subject to the conditions to which the licence is subject.