(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –
accredited impairment assessor means a person who is an accredited medical practitioner under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 and who is authorised by his or her accreditation under that Act to perform impairment assessments;
contractor means a person who enters into a contract for the provision of services by the person otherwise than as a worker;
degree of impairment, in relation to a person, means the impairment of the person because of one or more asbestos-related diseases, assessed at a percentage of the whole person;
domestic workers compensation insurance policy means a policy of insurance that indemnifies the policyholder for liabilities under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 , or independently of that Act, in respect of domestic workers;
medical evidence includes, but is not limited to including, X-rays, pathology results, lung function test results, spirometry test results and histopathological test results;
medical panel, in relation to a medical question, means the medical panel established, by the selection of members of the panel under section 51(1) , to determine the question;
medical practitioner register means the register established under section 50 ;
medical professional means –
(a) a medical panel; or
(b) a member of a medical panel; or
(c) an accredited impairment assessor to whom a medical question is referred under section 45 ; or
(d) a medical practitioner to whom a medical question is referred under this Act;
medical specialist, in relation to an asbestos-related disease, means a medical practitioner who specialises in such diseases or the field of medicine in relation to diseases of the part of the body in which the asbestos-related disease occurs;
member of the family, in relation to a person, means –
(a) a spouse of the person; or
(b) a person who has not attained the age of 22 years and who is –
(i) a natural child of the person; or
(ii) a child who has been adopted by the person; or
(iii) a stepchild of the person who is a member of the family for the purposes of this Act by virtue of section 99(2) ;
person who has a compensable disease – see section 6 ;
policyholder means a person who is required under the Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988 to maintain for the purposes of that Act a policy of insurance other than a domestic workers compensation insurance policy;
relevant percentage, in respect of any year beginning 1 January, means the percentage difference in the average weekly ordinary full-time earnings of adults in Tasmania in the period between the May immediately before the start of that year and the immediately preceding May, as evidenced by statistics published by the Australian Statistician under the authority of the Census and Statistics Act 1905 of the Commonwealth;
(ii) if the person (whether or not he or she is married to a person) is in a significant relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003 , with another person – that other person; or
(b) in relation to a person who is deceased –
(i) the person to whom the deceased person was married immediately before the death of the deceased person; and
(ii) if the deceased person (whether or not he or she was, at the time of his or her death, married to a person) was, immediately before his or her death, in a significant relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003 , with another person – that other person;
weekly payment, in relation to a person, means the weekly payment calculated in accordance with Division 3 of Part 7 ;
worker means –
(a) a worker within the meaning of section 12 ; and
(b) any person taken to be a worker for the purposes of this Act.
(2) A reference in this Act to a number of compensation units is a reference to the amount obtained by multiplying the basic salary by that number.
(3) For the purposes of this Act, the exercise and performance of the powers and duties of a local or other public authority is to be taken to be the carrying on by the authority of a trade or business.