Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this
section —
business of an employer means —
(a) the
conduct of the undertaking or operations of an employer; and
(b) work
undertaken by an employer or any employee of an employer;
business of a self-employed person
means —
(a) the
conduct of the undertaking or operations of a self-employed person; and
(b) work
undertaken by that person.
(2) This section
applies where —
(a) at a
workplace, or at residential premises to which section 23G(2) applies, an
employee incurs an injury, or is affected by a disease, that —
(i)
results in the death of the employee; or
(ii)
is of a kind that is prescribed;
or
(b) at a
workplace, a person who is not an employee incurs an injury in prescribed
circumstances that —
(i)
results in the death of the person; or
(ii)
is of a kind that is prescribed,
in connection
with —
(iii)
the business of an employer; or
(iv)
the business of a self-employed person.
(3) The relevant
person must —
(a)
forthwith; or
(b) as
otherwise provided by the regulations,
notify the
Commissioner in the prescribed form of the injury or disease giving such
particulars as may be prescribed.
(4) The relevant
person is the employer concerned where —
(a)
subsection (2)(a) applies; or
(b) the
person incurs the injury in connection with the business of an employer.
(5) The relevant
person is the self-employed person concerned where the person incurs the
injury in connection with the business of a self-employed person.
[Section 23I inserted by No. 51 of 2004
s. 8.]