Meaning of "volunteer"
45 Meaning of "volunteer"
In this Part,volunteer means a person who does community work on a voluntary basis but does not include a person who is – taken to be a worker for the purposes of the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 or the Asbestos-Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011; or performing a function prescribed by the regulations.
For the purpose of subsection (1), a person does community work on a voluntary basis if the person – receives no remuneration for doing that work other than – remuneration that the person would receive whether or not the person did that work; or the reimbursement of reasonable expenses incurred by the person in doing that work; or receives remuneration that is not greater than the amount, if any, prescribed by the regulations.
A person is not to be regarded as doing community work on a voluntary basis if the person is doing that work under an order imposed by a court.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed by the regulations
). Made under this Act:
- Proclamation under the Civil Liability Act 2002 (SR 2002 No. 185) · Statutory Rule · under section 2
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