Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission
SRCC
1992 – present
Statutory commission that oversees the Comcare workers' compensation and work health and safety scheme, licensing employers to self-insure and manage their own claims, monitoring the performance of Comcare and licensees, and advising the minister.
How it came into existence
Established in 1992 under section 89A, inserted by amendments to the Commonwealth Employees' Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (since retitled the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988), as a new commission to oversee the scheme; the amending Act called it the Commission for the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation of Commonwealth Employees, the name of the original 1988 commission, which was continued as the operating body Comcare.
- Split from Commission for the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation of Commonwealth Employees · 1992
- Oversight of the Commonwealth employees' compensation scheme
- Licensing of self-insurers
Legislation: Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988
Main functions
- Licensing self-insured employers and claims managers in the Comcare scheme
- Monitoring the performance of Comcare and licensees
- Setting standards and guidelines for the scheme
- Advising the minister on the scheme
Where it sits
In the portfolio of Department of Employment and Workplace Relations.
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Sources
Primary sources
- Australian Government Organisations Register (Department of Finance, data.gov.au) (listed from 11 December 2014 to the latest release (30 June 2026))
- Amending Act to the Commonwealth Employees' Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988, as made 1992 (Federal Register of Legislation)
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