4Meaning of “mining and petroleum industry employer”

4 Meaning of “mining and petroleum industry employer”

4 Meaning of “mining and petroleum industry employer”

(1) In this Act—

mining and petroleum industry employer means a person—

(a) who employs workers who work in the mining and petroleum industry (or whose work includes work in the mining and petroleum industry), and

(b) who has obligations and responsibilities under the mine and petroleum site safety legislation in relation to the health and safety of those workers,

and includes—

(c) a principal who (as provided by section 20 of the Workers Compensation Act 1987) is liable to pay compensation under that Act to a worker of a contractor who is a person referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b), or

(d) a principal contractor who (as provided by section 175B of the Workers Compensation Act 1987) is liable for the payment of any workers compensation insurance premiums payable by a person referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b).

(2) For the purposes of this Act, a person is a mining and petroleum industry employer only to the extent that the person employs workers in the mining and petroleum industry.

(3) In this section, worker has the same meaning as in the Workers Compensation Acts, and includes a person who is, by operation of the Workers Compensation Acts, deemed to be a worker for the purposes of those Acts.

s 4: Am 2015 No 43, Sch 3 [3] [5].