Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 13B

13B State Emergency Service volunteer

(1) WorkCover may enter into a contract of insurance for this subdivision with the commissioner of the police service in the commissioner’s capacity as having responsibility for the administration of the State Emergency Service under the State Emergency Service Act 2024 .

(2) The contract may cover an SES volunteer under the State Emergency Service Act 2024 .

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

(4) In this section—

"authorised function" means an SES function under the State Emergency Service Act 2024 .