Family and Injured Workers Advisory Committee

The functions of the Advisory Committee are as follows: (a) to give advice, and make recommendations, to the Minister about the needs of persons affected, directly or indirectly, by serious work‑related incidents; (b) to give advice to Comcare about, and contribute to the development and review of, Comcare’s policies, practices and strategies for liaising with, and providing information to, persons affected, directly or indirectly, by serious work‑related incidents that arise out of the conduct of a business or undertaking by the Commonwealth, a public authority or a non‑Commonwealth licensee; (c) to give advice to the Australian Maritime Safety Authority about, and contribute to the development and review of, the Authority’s policies, practices and strategies for liaising with, and providing information to, persons affected, directly or indirectly, by serious work‑related incidents that arise on a prescribed ship (within the meaning of the Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993) or a prescribed unit (within the meaning of that Act) that is engaged in trade or commerce of the kind referred to in subsection 6(1) of that Act; (d) to give advice to the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority about, and contribute to the development and review of, the Authority’s policies, practices and strategies for liaising with, and providing information to, persons affected, directly or indirectly, by serious work‑related incidents that arise: (i) at a facility (within the meaning of Schedule 3 to the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006) located in Commonwealth waters (within the meaning of that Schedule); or (ii) out of the conduct of a business or undertaking in the Commonwealth offshore area (within the meaning of the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021); (e) such other functions as are prescribed by the regulations.