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Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003
sec.30Who is an employer
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### sec.30 Who is an employer
An employer is a person who engages a worker to perform work.
Also, schedule 3 sets out who is an employer in particular circumstances.
To remove doubt, a reference to an employer of a worker who sustains an injury is a reference to the employer out of whose employment, or in the course of whose employment, the injury arose.
In this section and schedule 3 —
contract includes agreement and arrangement.
person includes—
a government entity; and
the legal personal representative of a deceased individual.
s 30 sub 2004 No. 45 s 5
amd 2013 No. 29 s 72 ; 2024 No. 40 s 26
(sec.30-ssec.1) An employer is a person who engages a worker to perform work.
(sec.30-ssec.2) Also, schedule 3 sets out who is an employer in particular circumstances.
(sec.30-ssec.3) To remove doubt, a reference to an employer of a worker who sustains an injury is a reference to the employer out of whose employment, or in the course of whose employment, the injury arose.
(sec.30-ssec.4) In this section and schedule 3 — contract includes agreement and arrangement. person includes— a government entity; and the legal personal representative of a deceased individual.
- (a) a government entity; and
- (b) the legal personal representative of a deceased individual.