Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Accident Compensation Act 1985 - SECT 13

Secretaries of co-operative societies

13. Secretaries of co-operative societies



(1) In this section society means-

   (a)  a society within the meaning of section 3(1) of the
        Co-operative Housing Societies Act 1958; or

   (b)  a co-operative within the meaning of the Co-operatives Act 1996.



(2) For the purposes of this Act but subject to subsection (3)-

   (a)  a person who is the secretary of one society only shall be deemed to
        be a worker and the society shall be deemed to be the employer in
        relation to the person and the amounts paid by the society to the
        person shall be deemed to be remuneration; and

   (b)  a person who is the secretary of more than one society shall be deemed
        to be a worker and those societies shall be deemed to be the employers
        in relation to that person and the amounts paid by those societies to
        that person shall be deemed to be remuneration.

(3) Subsection (2) does not operate to deem a person who is the secretary of a
society to be a worker nor the society to be an employer if that person is
entitled to receive as secretary of the society-





   (a)  payment of expenses only; or

   (b)  payment of expenses and a sum not exceeding $200 per annum-

or if the person is not entitled to receive any payment as secretary of the
society.