The Seacare Authority’s Mission
The mission of the Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation
and Compensation Authority (Seacare Authority) is: To take a leading role in minimising the human and financial costs of workplace injury in the Australian maritime industry |
The administration of the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1992, the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Levy Act 1992 and the Seafarers Rehabilitation and Compensation Levy Collection Act 1992
In administering the Seafarers Act and Levy Acts, the Authority aims to:
- provide an efficient and effective scheme of workers’ compensation and rehabilitation for seafarers who are injured or contract an illness in the course of their employment; and
- efficiently administer the Seafarers Safety Net Fund.
The objects of the Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993
The objects of the OHS(MI) Act are:
- to secure the health, safety and welfare at work of maritime industry employees;
- to protect persons at or near workplaces from risks to health and safety arising out of the activities of maritime industry employees at work;
- to ensure that expert advice is available on occupational health and safety matters affecting maritime industry operators, maritime industry employees and maritime industry contractors;
- to promote an occupational health and safety environment for maritime industry employees that is adapted to their health and safety needs; and
- to foster a cooperative consultative relationship between maritime industry operators and maritime industry employees on the health, safety and welfare of maritime industry employees at work.
