The above comments with regard to the SRCA's after hours coverage of ADF members 'living-in' (i.e. on the base) also apply generally to similar circumstances under the currency of the 1971 Act, but with the notable exception of the journey provisions.
The 1971 Act has significantly different 'travel' provisions to those of the SRCA, i.e. in relation to journeys to or from work. Sections 32 and 33 of the 1971 Act cover the general case, i.e. travel to and from work whether or not the member was accommodated on base.
In short, journeys to work need not commence only from the employee's 'residence' to be compensable and likewise, journeys from work need not be to the residence but may be to any place.
Also, a journey to a workplace had to start at a time designed to get the employee to that workplace within the hour before the starting time to be compensable. Likewise, the journey from work had to commence within an hour of the stand-down for that journey to be compensable.
However, the most significant 1971 Act travel provision is the additional coverage contained in S34 of that Act, which operates only where living accommodation is provided by the employer and relates specifically to journeys other than those to and from work.
Section 34 allows compensation for injuries received on journeys that were:
and also journeys which were:
Section 35 provides that where there was more than one journey within these defined periods, only the first journey has compensation coverage.
Delegates referring directly to the text of S3 — 4 will observe that it refers to accommodation that was provided by the Commonwealth 'without charge'. However, given uncertainties relating application of Rations and Quarters payments during the currency of the 1971 Act, the RCG policy is to waive the requirement that the accommodation be free.
See also part 18 which deals specifically with the travel provisions of all the relevant Acts.
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