Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 13

13 Particular persons under Disaster Management Act 2003

(1) WorkCover may enter into a contract of insurance for this subdivision with the police commissioner.

(2) The contract may cover—

(a) a person required to give reasonable help under the Disaster Management Act 2003 , section 77 (1) (q) or 112 (3) (g) ; or

(b) another person performing a function or exercising a power under that Act.

(3) A person covered by the contract is entitled to compensation for injury sustained only while engaged in disaster operations, or participating in an activity arising out of, or in the course of, disaster operations, including training.

(4) In this section—

"disaster operations" see the Disaster Management Act 2003 , section 15 .