Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 section 71

Insurable (occupational injuries) employment

Section 71 defines which employments qualify as "insurable (occupational injuries) employment", setting out the categories of work that are covered, excluded, and subject to ministerial regulation under the occupational injuries scheme.

• Employment listed in Schedule 1 Part 1 is insurable for occupational injuries, unless it also appears in Part 2 (the exclusions list).
• Additional insurable employments include certain vehicle/vessel hire arrangements, ship and aircraft service contracts (excluding captains and crew), and membership of workplace emergency brigades.
• Excluded employments include Defence Forces membership, share-remunerated fishing crew, and certain public authority contracts for services.
• The Minister may make regulations to move employments between the insurable and excluded categories, and unemployed persons on prescribed training courses are deemed to be in insurable employment.