Meaning of worker
8 Meaning of worker
For this Act, an individual is a worker for a provider if the individual enters into an arrangement with the provider under which—
the provider may supply, to another person, the individual to do work; and
the provider is obliged to pay the worker for the work—
in whole or part; or
directly or indirectly.
The Minister may declare that a person is, or is not, a worker for this Act.
A declaration is a disallowable instrument.
Power to make a statutory instrument includes power to make different provision in relation to different matters or different classes of matters, and to make an instrument that applies differently by reference to stated exceptions or factors (see Legislation Act, s 48).
In this section:
provider—see section 7 (1).
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