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Workers Compensation Act 1951
9Who is not a worker?
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9 Who is not a worker?
(1) In this Act (despite anything else in this chapter), worker does not
include—
(a) a public servant; or
(b) an employee within the meaning of the Safety, Rehabilitation
and Compensation Act 1988 (Cwlth).
(2) In this Act (despite anything else in this chapter), worker does not
include an individual who would, apart from this section, be a worker
employed by an employer, if the individual is a member of the
employer’s family and lives in the employer’s home.
(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply to an individual if the
employer tells the licensed insurer who insures the employer against
liability under this Act the name, nature of employment and estimated
wages of the individual—
(a) when the employment begins; and
(b) whenever the insurance is renewed.