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Road Safety Remuneration Act 2012
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#### 4 Definitions
In this Act:
> applicable services: see subsection 33(1).
> approval‑pending: see subsection 37A(5).
> approved road transport collective agreement means a road transport collective agreement for which an approval under Part 3 is in effect.
> arbitration order: see subsection 44(2).
> civil remedy provision: see section 46.
> Commonwealth authority means:
(a) a body corporate established for a public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth; or
(b) a body corporate:
(i) incorporated under a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; and
(ii) in which the Commonwealth has a controlling interest.
> compellable person means any of the following:
(a) a road transport driver;
(b) the employer or hirer of a road transport driver;
(c) a participant in the supply chain in relation to a road transport driver, if the driver is involved in a matter the Tribunal is dealing with.
> compliance notice: see subsection 76(2).
> constitutional corporation means a corporation to which paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution applies.
> constitutional trade or commerce means trade or commerce:
(a) between Australia and a place outside Australia; or
(b) among the States; or
(c) between a State and a Territory; or
(d) between 2 Territories; or
(e) within a Territory.
> contractor driver means a road transport driver who is an independent contractor.
> controlling interest: see subsection 7(4).
> dual FWC member means a member of the Tribunal appointed under paragraph 79(2)(a) or (b).
> Note: See subsections 97(2) and (3), which require that members appointed under paragraphs 79(2)(a) or (b) must also be members of the Fair Work Commission.
> eligible State or Territory court means an eligible State or Territory court within the meaning of the Fair Work Act 2009.
> enforceable instrument means any of the following:
(a) a road safety remuneration order;
(b) an approved road transport collective agreement;
(c) an arbitration order.
> enterprise agreement: see subsection 12(2).
> Fair Work Commission means the body continued in existence by section 575 of the Fair Work Act 2009.
> Fair Work Ombudsman means the Fair Work Ombudsman under the Fair Work Act 2009.
> Federal Circuit Court means the Federal Circuit Court of Australia.
> Federal Court means the Federal Court of Australia.
> Full Bench means a Full Bench of the Tribunal constituted under section 96.
> FWC order: see subsection 12(2).
> General Manager means the General Manager referred to in section 112.
> hirer: see section 8.
> immediate family: see subsection 7(4).
> independent contractor is not confined to an individual.
> industrial association means an industrial association within the meaning of the Fair Work Act 2009.
> industry member means a member of the Tribunal appointed under paragraph 79(2)(c).
> inspector means a Fair Work Inspector under the Fair Work Act 2009.
> lawyer means a person who is admitted to the legal profession by a Supreme Court of a State or Territory.
> member of the Tribunal means a member of the Tribunal appointed under section 79, and includes the President.
> modern award means a modern award under the Fair Work Act 2009.
> organisation means an organisation within the meaning of the Fair Work Act 2009.
> paid work means work for financial gain or reward (whether as an employee, a self‑employed person or otherwise).
> participant in the supply chain: see section 9.
> participating driver: see subsection 33(1).
> participating hirer: see subsection 33(1).
> pecuniary penalty order means an order made under subsection 50(1).
> President means the President of the Tribunal.
> procedural rules means the procedural rules of the Tribunal made under section 113.
> registered employee association means a registered employee association under the Fair Work Act 2009.
> related conditions include matters of a kind referred to in subsection 27(2).
> related individual: see subsection 7(3).
> remuneration includes a method for determining remuneration.
> road safety remuneration order means a road safety remuneration order made under Part 2.
> road transport collective agreement: see subsections 33(1) and (2).
> road transport contract: see section 8.
> road transport driver: see section 5.
> road transport industry means any of the following:
(a) the road transport and distribution industry within the meaning of the Road Transport and Distribution Award 2010 as in force on 1 July 2012;
(b) long distance operations in the private transport industry within the meaning of the Road Transport (Long Distance Operations) Award 2010 as in force on 1 July 2012;
(c) the cash in transit industry within the meaning of the Transport (Cash in Transit) Award 2010 as in force on 1 July 2012;
(d) the waste management industry within the meaning of the Waste Management Award 2010 as in force on 1 July 2012;
(e) the meaning prescribed by the regulations by reference to a modern award specified in the regulations.
> road transport service means a service provided in the road transport industry.
> Territory authority means:
(a) a body corporate established for a public purpose by or under a law of a Territory; or
(b) a body corporate:
(i) incorporated under a law of the Commonwealth or a State or Territory; and
(ii) in which a Territory has a controlling interest.
> transitional instrument: see subsection 12(2).
> Tribunal means the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal established by section 79.