Overview
The eighth edition of this well known book is an indispensable reference for all those closely involved in advising and dealing with the compensation and rehabilitation of employees covered by the Commonwealth Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988: human resource managers; lawyers; claims and review staff in Comcare and other determining authorities; the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Commission; licensees; union organisers; Tribunal members; and individual employees of the Commonwealth, its statutory authorities and licensees under the scheme. The 8th edition includes: Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 reproduced in full, consolidated as at 1 November 2007; Comprehensive annotations, organised on a section by section basis, covering all significant decisions of the High Court, the Federal Court, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the State Supreme Courts to 1 October 2007; Table of Cases more than 900 cases cited, Table of Statutes and Index; Practitioner's Guide by Allan Anforth, a Canberra barrister with extensive experience in the compensation jurisdiction; Annotations include full details of Instruments gazetted under the Act; Annotations include cases on the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 applicable to the SRC Act; Consideration of military compensation arrangements, including the Military Compensation Scheme continued in force under Part XI of the Act, additional compensation payable under Defence Determination 2000/1 and the new MRCA;
Full Product Details
Author: John Ballard ,
Peter Sutherland ,
Allan Anforth
Publisher: Federation Press
Imprint: Federation Press
Edition: 8th New edition
ISBN: 9781862876637
ISBN 10: 1862876630
Pages: 874
Publication Date: 01 February 2008
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
Review of the CD-ROM: I have had the distinct pleasure of reviewing every update of this fine reference book, and reviewed the hard copy of the sixth edition earlier this year. At that time I mentioned that an electronic copy was on the way, and here it is! The first thing to say is that electronic books are, to my way of thinking, of greater use in Chambers or an office, than in Court because I have yet to find a way of flicking through a CD as quickly as I can look at an index. However, anyone who has any experience of using portable document files (PDF's), will be at home in using this document. As anyone who is familiar with the bound edition will instantly realise, the electronic copy is far more extensive and more than 950 pages longer. It contains a wealth of additional material, such as the Compensation (Commonwealth Government Employees) Act 1971 and the Commonwealth Employees' Compensation Act 1930, set in a separate folder so that one can identify the legislation by reference to appropriate dates. There is a continuing need to refer to these Acts because of the effect of the Transitional Provisions of the SRC Act. The various Practice Directions are included as is the Guide to Assessment of the degree of Permanent Impairment, a document which was difficult to obtain before the Internet took over our lives. The HREOC Guide to covert surveillance is also included. The index is worthy of mention as it provides a very speedy method of research. Find the topic you are looking for, click your cursor on the link or links and you can easily move between index and the various sections, references etc. Because this document is set out in PDF, it requires one's computer to have Adobe Acrobat installed, but as this is a freeware program for read only purposes, most computers would already have it, and anyone who does not, can easily acquire it, at no cost. I think the current version is Acrobat Reader 6. I don't think the electronic edition should be seen as a replacement to the bound book, but it does contain a great deal of material that is otherwise hard to obtain. It saves a lot of time and trouble in searching Austlii or other Web sites for the legislation. A month or so ago, I received a review copy but found that it contained a fault which has been rectified in the version sent to me this week. The updated version is easily recognised as it is described as v2 (version 2). Do I recommend the electronic version? Most definitely. Would I buy it? I don't see how a person who practices in the AAT could afford to only rely on the hard copy and suggest that before long, we will be buying both, one to take to Court and the electronic copy to keep on our computer, for more detailed research purposes. - BJM, Tasmanian Law Society Newsletter, October 2004
