Title: Volunteers Protection Regulations 2004
Subject: Volunteers ProtectionAct 2001
Author: Office of Parliamentary Counsel
Category: public
Document comments: 195

No 195 of 2004 published in Gazette 9.9.2004 p 3611

Volunteers Protection Regulations 2004

South Australia
Volunteers Protection Regulations 2004
under the Volunteers Protection Act 2001

Contents
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Interpretation
4	Definition of voluntary basis

1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Volunteers Protection Regulations 2004.
2—Commencement
These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.
3—Interpretation
In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears—
Act means the Volunteers Protection Act 2001.
4—Definition of voluntary basis
	(1)	A person works on a voluntary basis for the purposes of the definition of voluntary basis in section 3 of the Act if the person is remunerated within the following limits:
	(a)	the person is reimbursed for any expenses incurred during the course of carrying out the work;
	(b)	the person is given a true honorarium in respect of the work.
	(2)	In this regulation—
true honorarium means a monetary gift made to a person in recognition of the person's work as a volunteer.
Note—
It follows that a true honorarium is not—
	(a)	subject to pay-as-you-go withholding or instalment tax; or
	(b)	paid as a consequence of the person's employment; or
	(c)	legally required to be paid to the person; or
	(d)	an amount that is relied on or expected by the person as a source of income.
Note—
As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.
Made by the Governor
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
on 9 September 2004
No 195 of 2004
DPC011/04CS