Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 13

(1) WorkCover may enter into a contract of insurance for this subdivision with the chief executive of the department within which the Disaster Management Act 2003 is administered.

(2) The contract may cover--

(a) a member of the State Emergency Service or an emergency service unit under the Disaster Management Act 2003; or

(b) a person required to give reasonable help under section 77(1)(q), 107(2)(h) or 112(3)(g) of that Act; or

(c) another person performing a function or exercising a power under that Act.

(3) A person covered by the contract is entitled to compensation for injury sustained only while engaged in disaster operations or performing an emergency function, or participating in an activity arising out of, or in the course of, disaster operations or performing an emergency function, including training.

(4) In this section--

disaster operations see the Disaster Management Act 2003, section 15.

emergency function means a function of the State Emergency Service or an emergency service unit under the Disaster Management Act 2003.