Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2009C00330:section:6:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2009C00330
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 6 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 5831–8888

subsections, entitled to recover damages from the Commonwealth, the Commonwealth has, in respect of any claim for those damages, in any suit brought to recover those damages and in respect of any damages paid by it in consequence of such a claim or suit, the same rights (including any right to recover the whole or a part of the damages from another person) as if the first‑mentioned person, and all other persons (including members of the naval, military or air forces of the United States of America) employed by the Government of the United States of America in or in connexion with the establishment, maintenance or operation of the Station, had at all relevant times been employed by the Commonwealth instead of by the Government of the United States of America.
 (4) This section, in its application to a person to whom this Act applies, shall not be construed as affecting the operation of section 17A of the Commonwealth Employees' Compensation Act in the application of that Act, by virtue of the last preceding section, to and in relation to that person.

The Schedule—Modifications of Commonwealth Employees' Compensation Act
Section 5

Provision Modified  Modification
Section 4(1.)       (a)  After paragraph (c) of the definition of "employee", insert the following paragraph:—
                        "(ca)  A person to whom the United States Naval Communication (Civilian Employees) Act 1968 applies;"
                    (b)  At the end of the definition of "outworker", insert "or of the Government of the United States of America".
Section 4(2.)       After "Commonwealth" (wherever occurring), insert "or the Government of the United States of America".
Section 4A          After sub-section (1.), insert the following sub-section:—
                        "(1A)  This Act applies to and in relation to an employee of the kind referred to in paragraph (ca) of the definition of "employee" in sub-section (1.) of section four of this Act, whether employed within or outside the territorial limits of Australia.".
Section 9(1.)       After "Commonwealth" (first occurring), insert "or the Government of the United States of America".
Section 9(2.)       After "Commonwealth" (wherever occurring), insert "or the Government of the United States of America".
Section 9A(1.)(a)   After "Commonwealth", insert "or the Government of the United States of America".
Section 10(1.)      After "Commonwealth" (first occurring), insert "or the Government of the United States of America".
Section 10(2.)      After "Commonwealth", insert "or the Government of the United States of America".
Section 16(1.)      After "Commonwealth" (first occurring), insert "or the Government of the United States of America".
Section 16(3.)      Omit the sub-section, insert the following sub-section:—
                        "(3.)  The notice may be served—
                        (a)  by sending it by post in a registered letter properly addressed to the Civil Commissioner appointed under Article 6 of the Agreement dated the ninth day of May, One thousand