Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

SAFETY, REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1988 - SECT 128A

  (1)   In spite of anything in this Act, an amount that Comcare is liable to pay under this Act in respect of any injury, loss or damage suffered before 1   July 1989 (whether or not suffered before the commencing day) by an employee of a prescribed Commonwealth authority must be paid by the authority and any such payment operates, to the extent of the payment, as a discharge of Comcare's liability.

  (2)   An action or proceeding does not lie against Comcare for recovery of an amount mentioned in subsection   (1), but such an action or proceeding may be brought against the prescribed Commonwealth authority concerned.

  (3)   Nothing in this Act requires the Commission to prepare an estimate in relation to a prescribed Commonwealth authority for any period before the financial year starting on 1   July 1989.

  (4)   In this section:

"prescribed Commonwealth authority" means any of the following authorities, however subsequently named, constituted or established, or any person or body that becomes liable to discharge the liabilities of such an authority:

  (a)   Aboriginal Hostels Limited;

  (b)   A.C.T. Electricity and Water;

  (c)   Army and Airforce Canteen Service;

  (d)   Australian Airlines Limited;

  (f)   Australian Dried Fruits Corporation;

  (g)   Australian Honey Board;

  (i)   Australian Meat and Livestock Corporation;

  (k)   Australian National University;

  (n)   Australian Shipping Commission;

  (p)   Australian Tobacco Board;

  (q)   Australian Wheat Board;

  (r)   Wine Australia Corporation;

  (s)   Australian Wool Corporation;

  (t)   Central Land Council;

  (u)   Civil Aviation Authority;

  (v)   Commonwealth Banking Corporation;

  (w)   Commonwealth Serum Laboratories Commission;

  (x)   Coselco Insurance Pty Ltd;

  (y)   Coselco Mimotopes Pty Ltd;

  (z)   Federal Airports Corporation;

  (zb)   Housing Loans Insurance Corporation;

  (zc)   National Exhibition Centre Trust;

  (zd)   Northern Land Council;

  (ze)   Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation;

  (zg)   Superannuation Fund Investment Trust;

  (zh)   Telstra Corporation Limited;

  (zi)   The Pipeline Authority;

  (zj)   Reserve Bank of Australia.