Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) If a volunteer school worker suffers personal injury arising out of, or in the course of engaging in, school work or travelling to or from a place where school work is to be or has been engaged in—
(a) the worker is entitled to be paid compensation; or
(b) if the worker dies, the worker's partner or any child or dependant of the worker is entitled to be paid compensation.
(2) If a volunteer student worker suffers personal injury arising out of or in the course of approved community work—
(a) the worker is entitled to be paid compensation; or
(b) if the worker dies, the worker's partner or any child or dependant of the worker is entitled to be paid compensation.
(3) The compensation must, in respect of personal injury suffered before 4 p.m. on 31 August 1985 be paid in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Workers Compensation Act 1958 as if within the meaning of that Act at the time the person so suffered the personal injury—
(a) the person was a worker employed by the Crown; and
(b) the person suffered a personal injury arising out of or in the course of employment with the Crown.
(4) The compensation shall, in respect of personal injury suffered on or after 4 p.m. on 31 August 1985, be paid in accordance with and subject to that Act as if within the meaning of that Act at the time the person so suffered the personal injury—
(a) the person was a worker employed by the Crown; and
(b) the person suffered a personal injury arising out of or in the course of employment with the Crown.