New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS (GENERAL) REGULATION 2001 - REG 32

32 Contract of carriage-meaning

(1) For the purposes of section 309 (1) (a), (b) and (c) of the Act, the following circumstances are prescribed:

(a) driving or riding on a motor vehicle or bicycle by a person who is employed (whether pursuant to a contract of employment or not and whether by the carrier or not) to take the place temporarily of a person directly involved in the business who is sick, on annual leave or is otherwise temporarily unavailable,

(b) riding on a motor vehicle by a person who is employed (whether pursuant to a contract of employment or not and whether by the carrier or not) for the purpose of loading or unloading, or assisting in loading or unloading, goods being transported by means of the motor vehicle.

(2) In this clause:
"person directly involved in the business" means:

(a) if the carrier is not a partnership or body corporate-the carrier, or

(b) if the carrier is a partnership-a partner, or

(c) if the carrier is a body corporate-a person referred to in section 309 (1) (c) (i), (ii) or (iii) of the Act.