Workers Compensation (Bush Fire, Emergency and Rescue Services) Regulation 2023 (2023-483) (NSW)

Workers Compensation (Bush Fire, Emergency and Rescue Services) Regulation 2023

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of regulation This regulation is the Workers Compensation (Bush Fire, Emergency and Rescue Services) Regulation 2023.

2 Commencement This regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.

Note— This regulation repeals and replaces the Workers Compensation (Bush Fire, Emergency and Rescue Services) Regulation 2017, which would otherwise be repealed on 1 September 2023 by the Subordinate Legislation Act 1989, section 10(2).

3 Definition In this regulation— the Act means the Workers Compensation (Bush Fire, Emergency and Rescue Services) Act 1987.

Note— The Act and the Interpretation Act 1987 contain definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this regulation.

Part 2 Emergency service workers

4 Emergency service workers—authorised activities—the Act, s 23 (1) For the Act, section 23, definition of authorised activity, paragraph (a), the following are prescribed activities if carried out by the emergency service worker without remuneration or reward, voluntarily and without obligation— (a) relief assistance and other operations in relation to an emergency, carried out under the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989, (b) functions carried out under the State Emergency Service Act 1989, section 8, (c) training and preparatory activities related to the operations or activities described in paragraphs (a) and (b), (d) fundraising. (2) In this section— emergency has the same meaning as in the State Emergency and Rescue Management Act 1989.

5 Additional persons prescribed as emergency service workers—the Act, s 23 For the Act, section 23, definition of emergency service worker, paragraph (b)(ii), the following persons are prescribed— (a) a member of an SES unit under the State Emergency Service Act 1989, (b) a person who is a member of an organisation affiliated with the State Emergency Service under the approval of the Commissioner of the Service.