Section 30(5) of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1986 (SA) states exhaustively the circumstances in which a journey injury arises from employment; a worker whose disability arises out of or in the course of a journey cannot rely on the general provision in s 30(2). The expression 'duties of employment' in s 30(5)(a) requires that the worker was performing their job, complying with an employer's instruction, or doing something reasonably incidental thereto — a journey to temporary accommodation after work activities have ceased and the worker has freedom of movement does not qualify. A party may raise s 30(5) on appeal despite having disclaimed reliance at first instance, because s 30(2) is expressly subject to the other provisions in s 30.
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