Guidelines for Granting Exemptions Under the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992

MIAL appreciates the opportunity to comment on the draft Seacare Authority Exemption Guidelines (Guidelines) which the Authority is considering adopting in determining requests for exemption under the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992 (Seacare Act).

MIAL represents owners operators and employers of seafarers in the Australian maritime industry. Members are variously covered by the scheme and exempted from the scheme (through specified exemptions which they have been granted, and also through the multiple vessel exemptions granted by the Seacare Authority on its own motion, pursuant to 20A of the Seacare Act).

MIAL does not support the changes to the Seacare Authority Guidelines on the basis that the cohort of vessel capable of being granted an exemption pursuant to the guidelines, will be changed and very likely reduced.