5Definitions

5  Definitions

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

(a) contractor;

(b) employee;

(c) operator;

(d) workplace.

  In this instrument:

Act means the Occupational Health and Safety (Maritime Industry) Act 1993.

exposure standard: see section 8.

incident means:

 (a) an accident of a kind described in paragraph 107(1)(a) or (b) of the Act; or

 (b) a dangerous occurrence.

manufacturer means a manufacturer to whom section 15 or 16 of the Act applies, including a person to whom those sections apply due to section 17 of the Act.

Safe Work Australia means Safe Work Australia as established under section 5 of the Safe Work Australia Act 2008.

serious personal injury means an injury to, or disease in, a person:

 (a) that is caused by an accident at a workplace; and

 (b) for which the person is:

 (i) given emergency treatment on the prescribed ship or prescribed unit on which the accident occurred; or

 (ii) given emergency treatment in another place by a registered medical practitioner; or

 (iii) admitted to a hospital; or

 (iv) treated in a hospital as a casualty, without being admitted to the hospital.

supplier means a supplier to whom section 19 of the Act applies.

Note: The meaning of supplier is affected by section 20 of the Act.