5Definitions

5 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) accredited person;
(b) builder;
(c) building contractor;
(d) building work;
(e) premises.

In this instrument:

AAT means the Administrative Appeals Tribunal.

Act means the Federal Safety Commissioner Act 2022.

applicant: see subsection 8(1).

intelligence or security agency has the same meaning as in section 85ZL of the Crimes Act 1914.

joint venture means an unincorporated enterprise that is constituted by 2 or more persons in common and in which:

(a) each member is not an individual; and
(b) at least one member is an accredited person and at least one member is not an accredited person.

National Construction Code means the National Construction Code as in force immediately before the commencement of this instrument.

post-accreditation audit means an audit carried out under section 17 for the purpose of the Federal Safety Commissioner ascertaining whether an accredited person has complied, and is complying, with the conditions of the person’s accreditation.

pre-accreditation audit: see subsection 12(1).

reviewable decision: see section 22.

reviewer: see subsection 23(3).

security has the same meaning as in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979.

subcontractor, in relation to building work, means a person who carries out some of the building work under a contract with a builder.

WHS means work health and safety.

WHSMS means a work health and safety management system.