Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01164:clause:1_4:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01164
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 4 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 2308–5309

4  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the SRC Act, including the following:
(a) attendant care services (subsection 4(1));
(b) claim (subsection 4(1));
(c) Comcare (subsection 4(1));
(d) determination (subsections 38(1), 60(1));
(e) employee (section 5);
(f) household services (subsection 4(1));
(g) impairment (subsection 4(1));
(h) incapacity for work (subsection 4(9));
(i) medical treatment (subsection 4(1));
(j) non-economic loss (subsection 4(1));
(k) rehabilitation authority (subsection 4(1));
(l) rehabilitation program (subsection 4(1));
(m) relevant authority (subsection 4(1));
(n) reviewable decision (subsection 60(1));
(o) suitable employment (subsection 4(1)).
  In this instrument:
application date means the date that is 6 weeks after the date on which this instrument commenced in accordance with section 2.
approved Rehabilitation Assessments and Examinations Guide and this Guide mean the Guide for Arranging Rehabilitation Assessments and Requiring Examinations set out in Schedule 1 to this instrument.
assessor means a medical practitioner or other qualified person.
day, unless otherwise specified, means calendar day.
employee's circumstances, in relation to an employee who suffers an injury, includes:
 (a) the injury;
 (b) any other medical condition, however described, suffered by the employee before, during or after the injury;
 (c) the employee's need or claimed need for medical treatment;
 (d) the employee's capacity for work or claimed incapacity for work;
 (e) the employee's impairment or claimed impairment;
 (f) the employee's non-economic loss or claimed non-economic loss;
 (g) the employee's need or claimed need for any alterations, modifications or aids or appliances;
 (h) the employee's need or claimed need for household services or attendant care services;
 (i) any suitable employment for the employee including the availability of such employment;
 (j) the employee's personal circumstances; and
 (k) any other relevant matter.
Guidelines for Rehabilitation Authorities means the guidelines, if any, issued by Comcare in accordance with section 41 of the SRC Act to rehabilitation authorities in relation to the performance or exercise by those authorities of their functions or powers under Part III of the SRC Act, and as in force from time to time.
independent medical practitioner, in relation to an employee, means a medical practitioner other than a treating practitioner.
injury, in relation to an employee, means:
 (a) an 'injury' (within the meaning of the SRC Act) suffered by the employee in respect of which compensation is payable under the SRC Act; or
 (b) a medical condition, however described, that is the subject of a claim made by or on behalf of the employee; or
 (c) a medical condition, however described, that is the subject of a notice under section 53 of the SRC Act but is not yet the subject of a claim;
as the case requires.
Note: For the term 'injury' (within the meaning