Queensland Consolidated Acts

WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND REHABILITATION ACT 2003 - SECT 13A

13A Marine Rescue Queensland 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 Marine Rescue Queensland under the Marine Rescue Queensland Act 2024 .

(2) The contract may cover an MRQ volunteer under the Marine Rescue Queensland 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 MRQ function under the Marine Rescue Queensland Act 2024 .