13Person conducting a business or undertaking

13 Person conducting a business or undertaking (1) For this Act, a person conducts a business or undertaking: (a) whether the person conducts the business or undertaking alone or with others; and (b) whether or not the business or undertaking is conducted for profit or gain. (2) A business or undertaking conducted by a person includes a business or undertaking conducted by a partnership or an unincorporated association. (3) If a business or undertaking is conducted by a partnership, other than an incorporated partnership, a reference in this Act to a person conducting the business or undertaking is to be read as a reference to each partner in the partnership. (4) A person does not conduct a business or undertaking to the extent that the person is engaged solely as a worker in, or as an officer of, that business or undertaking.

Electrical Safety Act 2022 16 (5) An elected member of a local government council does not in that capacity conduct a business or undertaking. (6) The regulations may prescribe the circumstances in which a person is taken not to be a person who conducts a business or undertaking for the purposes of this Act or any provision of this Act.