sec.8Meaning of worker of an entity

sec.8 Meaning of worker of an entity

A worker of a child safe entity or reporting entity is an individual who performs work of any kind for the entity, and includes, for example, the following— an employee of the entity; a volunteer; an approved carer, and a member of an approved carer’s household, under the Child Protection Act 1999 , schedule 3 a contractor, subcontractor or consultant; an individual supplied by a provider of labour hire services under the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 ; an executive officer of the entity, or another person who is concerned with, or takes part in, the entity’s management, other than a councillor of a local government; a trainee or person undertaking work experience for the entity; if the entity is a religious body—a minister of religion, religious leader or officer of the religious body; if the entity is a sole trader—the individual operating as sole trader; if the child safe entity or reporting entity is the department in which the Child Protection Act 1999 is administered—an honorary officer under schedule 3 of that Act. However, an individual is not a worker if a regulation prescribes the individual as being excluded from the definition under subsection (1) . (sec.8-ssec.1) A worker of a child safe entity or reporting entity is an individual who performs work of any kind for the entity, and includes, for example, the following— an employee of the entity; a volunteer; an approved carer, and a member of an approved carer’s household, under the Child Protection Act 1999 , schedule 3 a contractor, subcontractor or consultant; an individual supplied by a provider of labour hire services under the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 ; an executive officer of the entity, or another person who is concerned with, or takes part in, the entity’s management, other than a councillor of a local government; a trainee or person undertaking work experience for the entity; if the entity is a religious body—a minister of religion, religious leader or officer of the religious body; if the entity is a sole trader—the individual operating as sole trader; if the child safe entity or reporting entity is the department in which the Child Protection Act 1999 is administered—an honorary officer under schedule 3 of that Act. (sec.8-ssec.2) However, an individual is not a worker if a regulation prescribes the individual as being excluded from the definition under subsection (1) .

• (a) an employee of the entity;
• (b) a volunteer; Example— an approved carer, and a member of an approved carer’s household, under the Child Protection Act 1999 , schedule 3
• (c) a contractor, subcontractor or consultant;
• (d) an individual supplied by a provider of labour hire services under the Labour Hire Licensing Act 2017 ;
• (e) an executive officer of the entity, or another person who is concerned with, or takes part in, the entity’s management, other than a councillor of a local government;