WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 7 Meaning of "worker"

WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT 2011 - SECT 7

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.