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Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992

No. 234, 1992

Compilation No. 34

Compilation date: 21 February 2025

                Includes amendments: Act No. 14, 2025

About this compilation

This compilation

This is a compilation of the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 that shows the text of the law as amended and in force on 21 February 2025 (the compilation date).

The notes at the end of this compilation (the endnotes) include information about amending laws and the amendment history of provisions of the compiled law.

Uncommenced amendments

The effect of uncommenced amendments is not shown in the text of the compiled law. Any uncommenced amendments affecting the law are accessible on the Register (www.legislation.gov.au). The details of amendments made up to, but not commenced at, the compilation date are underlined in the endnotes. For more information on any uncommenced amendments, see the Register for the compiled law.

Application, saving and transitional provisions for provisions and amendments

If the operation of a provision or amendment of the compiled law is affected by an application, saving or transitional provision that is not included in this compilation, details are included in the endnotes.

Editorial changes

For more information about any editorial changes made in this compilation, see the endnotes.

Modifications

If the compiled law is modified by another law, the compiled law operates as modified but the modification does not amend the text of the law. Accordingly, this compilation does not show the text of the compiled law as modified. For more information on any modifications, see the Register for the compiled law.

Self‑repealing provisions

If a provision of the compiled law has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law, details are included in the endnotes.

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
Division 1—Short title and commencement
1 Short title
2 Commencement
Division 2—Definitions
3 General definitions
3A Declarations that a ship is or is not a prescribed ship
4 Employees
5 Employees lost at sea
6 Injuries suffered by employees
7 Injuries etc. resulting from medical treatment
8 Incapacity for work
9 Injury arising out of, or in the course of, employment
10 Provisions relating to diseases
11 Hearing impairment—time when suffered
12 Serious and wilful misconduct
13 Normal weekly earnings
14 Recovery of damages
15 Persons who are wholly or partly dependent
16 Certain family relationships
17 Persons caring for prescribed children
Division 3—Miscellaneous preliminary provisions
18 Extent of Act
19 Application of Act
20 Act not to apply to employees within the meaning of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
20A Act not to apply to exempt employment
21 Act binds Crown etc.
21A Application of Criminal Code
22 Amounts of compensation
23 Indexation—Consumer Price Index
23A Indexation—Wage Price Index