New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WORKERS COMPENSATION (BUSH FIRE, EMERGENCY AND RESCUE SERVICES) REGULATION 2007 - REG 5

5 Emergency service workers-authorised activities

For the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of "authorised activity" in section 23 of the Act, the following are authorised activities in relation to emergency service workers if they are duly authorised under the State Emergency Service Act 1989 or the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989 , or the regulations under those Acts, and are carried out without remuneration or reward, voluntarily and without obligation:

(a) relief assistance and other operations in relation to any emergency as defined in section 4 of the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989 ,

(b) activities carried out under section 8 of the State Emergency Service Act 1989 ,

(c) training and preparatory activities genuinely related to those operations or activities,

(d) fund-raising.