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Responsibility and authority to act - Administrative arrangements
Why is this important?
Rehabilitation authorities can delegate powers and functions stemming from Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (SRC Act) to individuals within the organisation.
Section 41 of the SRC Act allows the secretary of a department, or the principal officer of a Commonwealth authority, to delegate any of these powers and functions to an officer or person employed by that department or authority. These functions and powers cannot be delegated to contracted providers of case management services.
Part III of the SRC Act gives employers the powers and functions of a rehabilitation authority. These functions and powers relate to providing rehabilitation programs to employees and include the:
- function and corresponding power to arrange for an employee to be assessed to determine whether they can undertake a rehabilitation program
- power to require an employee to undergo an examination for assessment purposes
- power to determine that an employee should undertake a rehabilitation program
- power to arrange a rehabilitation program for an employee with an approved rehabilitation provider.