Work Health and Safety Act 2011

A person is a worker if the person carries out work in any capacity for a person conducting a business or undertaking, including work as—

an employee; or

a contractor or subcontractor; or

an employee of a contractor or subcontractor; or

an employee of a labour hire company who has been assigned to work in the person’s business or undertaking; or

an outworker; or

an apprentice or trainee; or

a student gaining work experience; or

a volunteer; or

a person of a prescribed class.

Power to make a regulation includes power to make different provision for different classes (see Legislation Act, s 48).

For the purposes of this Act, a police officer is—

a worker; and

at work throughout the time when the officer is on duty or lawfully performing the functions of a police officer, but not otherwise.

The person conducting the business or undertaking is also a worker if the person is an individual who carries out work in that business or undertaking.