Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
(1) Subject to subsection (2), where a person makes a contract with a contractor to perform work exceeding $100 in value that is not work incidental to a trade or business regularly carried on by the contractor in the contractor's own name or under a business or firm name, and the contractor does not sublet the contract or employ any worker, the contractor is taken to be a worker employed by the person making the contract.
(2) If a contractor to whom subsection (1) applies takes out his or her own personal accident insurance, the contractor is taken not to be a worker for the period during which that insurance remains valid.
(3) If a contractor takes out his or her own personal accident insurance, the contractor is to provide the person with whom the contract is made with evidence of the contractor's insurance.
(4) If a contractor does not take out his or her own personal accident insurance, he or she is to advise the person with whom the contract is made that the contractor has not taken out such insurance.