Practitioners advising fishing industry clients must appreciate that a crew member remunerated by a percentage share of net proceeds alone will not satisfy the s 17 exclusion under the Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 1981 (WA); to exclude the Act, the crew member must demonstrate a genuine entrepreneurial or joint venturer interest in the vessel's working costs, going beyond mere profit-sharing — a formal contractual liability to contribute to costs is strong evidence but not strictly essential.
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