Definitions
3 Definitions
In this Schedule—
accident includes the contraction of a disease;
associated offshore place, in relation to a facility, means any offshore place near the facility where activities (including diving activities) relating to the construction, installation, operation, maintenance or decommissioning of the facility take place, but does not include—
another facility; or
a supply vessel, offtake tanker, anchor handler or tugboat; or
a vessel, or structure, that is declared by the regulations not to be an associated offshore place;
contract includes an arrangement or understanding;
contractor has the meaning given by clause 7;
dangerous occurrence means an occurrence declared by the regulations to be a dangerous occurrence for the purposes of this definition;
designated work group means—
a group of members of the workforce at a facility that is established as a designated work group under clause 18 or 19; or
that group as varied in accordance with clause 20 or 21;
employee, in relation to an employer, means an employee of that employer;
employer means an employer who carries on an activity at a facility;
facility means a facility as defined by clause 4 and—
includes a facility (as defined by clause 4) that is being constructed or installed; and
except in the definition of associated offshore place, includes an associated offshore place in relation to a facility (as defined by clause 4);
group member, in relation to a designated work group at a facility, means a person who is—
a member of the workforce at that facility; and
included in that designated work group;
improvement notice means an improvement notice issued under clause 61(1);
inspection means an inspection conducted under Part 4 of this Schedule and includes an investigation or inquiry;
master, in relation to a vessel, means the person having command or charge of the vessel;
member of the workforce, in relation to a facility, means a natural person who does work at the facility, whether—
as an employee of the operator of the facility or of another person; or
as a contractor of the operator or of another person;
offshore petroleum operations has the same meaning as in Part 3A;
operator, in relation to a facility or proposed facility, means the person who, under the regulations, is taken to be the operator of that facility or proposed facility;
operator's representative at a facility means a person present at the facility in compliance with the obligations imposed on the operator by clause 5;
own includes own jointly and own in part;
plant includes any machinery, equipment or tool, or any component;
premises includes the following:
a structure or building;
a place (whether or not enclosed or built on);
a part of a thing referred to in paragraph (a) or (b);
prohibition notice means a prohibition notice issued under clause 59(1);
proposed facility means a facility proposed to be constructed, installed or operated;
recovery, in relation to petroleum, includes all processes directly or indirectly associated with its recovery;
registered organisation means an organisation registered under the Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 of the Commonwealth;
regulated business premises means—
a facility; or
premises that are—
occupied by a person who is the operator of a facility; and
used, or proposed to be used, wholly or principally in connection with offshore petroleum operations;
regulations means regulations made for the purposes of this Schedule;
reviewing authority means Fair Work Australia;
work means work offshore that is directly or indirectly related to the construction, installation, operation, maintenance or decommissioning of a facility;
workforce representative means—
in relation to a person who is a member of the workforce at a facility—a registered organisation of which that person is a member, if the person is qualified to be a member of that organisation because of the work the person performs at the facility; or
in relation to a designated work group or a proposed designated work group—a registered organisation of which a person who is, or who is likely to be, in the work group is a member, if the person is qualified to be a member of that organisation because of the work the person performs, or will perform, at a facility as a member of the group;
work group employer, in relation to a designated work group at a facility, means an employer of one or more group members, but does not include the operator of the facility;
workplace, in relation to a facility, means the whole facility or any part of the facility.
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