Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Accident Compensation Act 1985 - SECT 12

Religious bodies and organizations

12. Religious bodies and organizations



(1) Where, by Order of the Governor in Council published in the Government
Gazette at the request of a religious body or organization specified in the
Order as having made the request, the Governor in Council declares that
persons (not otherwise workers within the meaning of this Act) within a
specified class are workers of that body or organization, a person within that
class shall be deemed to be a worker employed by a person specified in the
Order as the employer in relation to persons within that class who shall, for
the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be an employer.

(2) Where an Order is made under subsection (1) at the request of a religious
body or organization, such amounts as are determined by agreement between the
Authority and the religious body or organization shall be deemed to be
remuneration for the purposes of this Act.