Terms used
4 Terms used
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —
Commissioner means the person for the time being designated as the Commissioner under section 9A;
Department means the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of this Act;
employee includes a person seeking employment and a person sought for employment;
employment includes —
employment by way of professional engagement or under a contract of service or a contract for service; and
an arrangement whereby a person is to assist in the domestic work of a household in consideration of receiving hospitality with or without further or other remuneration;
engagement means an employment which has been entered into by the employee;
firm means an unincorporated body of persons (whether consisting of individuals or of bodies corporate or partly of individuals and partly of bodies corporate) registered under the Business Names Registration Act 2011 (Commonwealth), and includes the several persons constituting that body;
licence means a licence granted pursuant to this Act; and
transaction includes the relationship between the employment agent and the person for whom he is acting and any negotiations entered into by the employment agent in endeavouring to procure an engagement.
Where a meaning is assigned to any term by this section cognate expressions used in this Act, unless a contrary intention appears, have a corresponding meaning.
[Definition of the repealed Acts omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e).]
[Section 4 amended: No. 70 of 1990 s. 4; No. 57 of 1997 s. 39(10); No. 55 of 2004 s. 276; No. 28 of 2006 s. 92; No. 6 of 2012 s. 39.]
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