1.9.2 The Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988

The Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 (SRCA) and Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation (Defence-related Claims) Act 1988 (DRCA) is the legislation under which rehabilitation, compensation and treatment is provided to Australian Government employees who suffer injury or disease as a result of their employment. It also provides compensation for their eligible dependants for work-related deaths. This includes ADF peacetime service from 1 December 1988 until 1 July 2004 (and, under predecessor acts, peacetime service from 3 January 1949) and warlike and non-warlike service between 7 April 1994 and 1 July 2004. 

In 2017, the SRCA was spilt with coverage for members of the Australian Defence Force provided under the DRCA.