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WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 7

Meaning of "worker"

7 Meaning of "worker"

(1) A person is a
"worker" if the person carries out work in any capacity for a person conducting a business or undertaking, including work as--
(a) an employee, or
(b) a contractor or subcontractor, or
(c) an employee of a contractor or subcontractor, or
(d) an employee of a labour hire company who has been assigned to work in the person's business or undertaking, or
(e) an outworker, or
(f) an apprentice or trainee, or
(g) a student gaining work experience, or
(h) a volunteer, or
(i) a person of a prescribed class.
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a police officer is--
(a) a worker, and
(b) at work throughout the time when the officer is on duty or lawfully performing the functions of a police officer, but not otherwise.
(3) The person conducting the business or undertaking is also a
"worker" if the person is an individual who carries out work in that business or undertaking.
Note : A person may be both a
"worker" , within the meaning of this section, and a
"person conducting a business or undertaking" within the meaning of section 5.



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