WORKERS' COMPENSATION (DUST DISEASES) ACT 1942 - SECT 3 Definitions

WORKERS' COMPENSATION (DUST DISEASES) ACT 1942 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) For the purposes of this Act, unless the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or requires--


"Authority" means the Workers Compensation (Dust Diseases) Authority constituted under this Act.


"chief executive" means the chief executive of the Authority appointed under this Act.


"Dust" means dust of such a nature that the inhalation thereof may give rise to a dust disease.


"Dust disease" means any disease specified in Schedule 1, and includes any pathological condition of the lungs, pleura or peritoneum, that is caused by dust that may also cause a disease so specified.


"Dust Diseases Board" means the Dust Diseases Board established by section 5AC.


"Dust occupation" means industry or process prescribed as a dust occupation.


"Employer" means an employer of workers in any industry or process, employment in which exposes the worker to the possibility of contracting a dust disease.


"function" includes a power, authority or duty, and
"exercise" a function includes perform a duty.


"Fund" means the Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases) Fund constituted under this Act.


"ICNSW" means Insurance and Care NSW constituted under the State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015 .


"Medical Assessment Panel" means the Medical Assessment Panel appointed under section 7.


"mine" means a mine within the meaning of the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1982 as in force immediately before its repeal by the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 2002 , but does not include any place that, in accordance with section 10 (2) of the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013 , is a place to which that Act does not apply.


"Process" includes occupation and any description of manual labour.


"Regulation" means a regulation made under this Act.


"Silicosis Account" means the Silicosis Contribution Account established under the Silicosis Act.


"Silicosis Act" means the Workers' Compensation (Silicosis) Act 1942 , as amended by subsequent Acts passed before the commencement of Part 2 of the Workers' Compensation (Dust Diseases) Amendment Act 1967 .


"Silicosis Committee" means the Workers' Compensation (Silicosis) Committee constituted under the Silicosis Act.


"Silicosis Fund" means the Workers' Compensation (Silicosis) Fund established under the Silicosis Act.


"Silicosis Reserve Fund" means the Silicosis Outstanding Liability Reserve Fund constituted under the Silicosis Act.


"SIRA" means the State Insurance Regulatory Authority constituted under the State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015 .


"Spouse" of a person means--

(a) where the claim for compensation concerned was made by or in relation to the person before the commencement of Schedule 6 [2[#93] to the Workers Compensation Legislation Amendment (Dust Diseases and Other Matters) Act 1998 --a person to whom the person is legally married, or

(b) where the claim for compensation concerned was made by or in relation to the person after that commencement--

(i) a person to whom the person is legally married, or

(ii) the de facto partner of the person.

Note : "De facto partner" is defined in section 21C of the Interpretation Act 1987 .

"the 1998 Act" means the Workplace Injury Management and Workers Compensation Act 1998 .


"worker" does not include a worker in or about a mine.