Definitions
6 Definitions
In this Act:
annual certificate means an annual certificate given by the Registrar under section 14 or 31.
approved form means a form approved by the Registrar under section 79.
Board means the Board established by section 53.
Board member means a member of the Board appointed under section 54.
Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Board appointed under section 54.
Construction Employers Register means the Register established by section 25.
construction work has the meaning in section 7.
construction worker means a natural person who carries out construction work either as an employee or as a contractor.
Construction Workers Register means the Register established by section 9.
contractor means a person who carries out work for a fee or reward on the person's own account.
contractor pay rate means a contractor pay rate worked out in accordance with the Determinations made for section 20(6)(b).
cost, of construction work, has the meaning in section
37.
day of service has the meaning in section 15(3).
Determinations means the determinations made by the
Board under section 57.
employee means a natural person who carries out work under a contract of service or apprenticeship.
employee pay rate means an employee pay rate worked out in accordance with the Determinations made for section 19(4)(b).
employer means a person who employs an employee under a contract of service or apprenticeship.
identity card means an identity card for the Registrar or a delegate of the Registrar under section 82.
levy means the long service levy imposed by section 32.
levy rate means the percentage prescribed by the
Regulations for section 33.
long service benefit means:
a payment by the Board under section 19 to a registered employee;
or
a payment by the Board under section 20 to a registered contractor; or
a payment by the Board under section 21 in relation to a deregistered person; or
a payment by the Board under section 22 to a registered worker who has ceased to carry out construction work.
LSL credits, for a registered worker, has the meaning in section 16(2).
personal representative includes the Public Trustee under the Public Trustee Act 1979.
previous service:
in relation to a reciprocal scheme – has the meaning in section 87; and
in relation to a transitional employee within the meaning of section 94(1) – has the meaning in section 94(1).
public holiday has the same meaning as in the Public
Holidays Act 1981.
qualifying service has the meaning in section 15.
reciprocal agreement means an agreement declared by the
Minister to be a reciprocal agreement under section 86(3).
reciprocal authority, in relation to a reciprocal agreement, means the person or body mentioned in section 86(2)(a).
reciprocal scheme in relation to a reciprocal agreement, means the scheme mentioned in section 86(1)(a).
registered contractor means a person who is registered as a contractor under section 11 (whether or not the person is also registered as an employee under that section).
registered employee means a person who is registered as an employee under section 11 (whether or not the person is also registered as a contractor under that section).
registered employer means a person who is registered as an employer under section 26.
registered worker has the meaning in section 9(3).
Registrar means the Registrar appointed under section
76.
Scheme has the meaning in section 8.
site, in relation to construction work, means a site in the Territory (whether on land or off-shore) at which the construction work is to be or is being carried out.
State means a State or another Territory of the
Commonwealth.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by the Regulations
). Made under this Act:
This Act’s bill:Second reading speech
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