3Definitions

3 Definitions

3 Definitions

(1) For the purposes of this Act, unless the context or subject matter otherwise indicates or requires—

Authority means the Workers Compensation (Dust Diseases) Authority constituted under this Act.

chief executive means the chief executive of the Authority appointed under this Act.

Dust means dust of such a nature that the inhalation thereof may give rise to a dust disease.

Dust disease means any disease specified in Schedule 1, and includes any pathological condition of the lungs, pleura or peritoneum, that is caused by dust that may also cause a disease so specified.

Dust Diseases Board means the Dust Diseases Board established by section 5AC.

Dust occupation means industry or process prescribed as a dust occupation.

Employer means an employer of workers in any industry or process, employment in which exposes the worker to the possibility of contracting a dust disease.

function includes a power, authority or duty, and exercise a function includes perform a duty.

Fund means the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Fund constituted under this Act.

ICNSW means Insurance and Care NSW constituted under the State Insurance and Care Governance Act 2015.

Medical Assessment Panel means the Medical Assessment Panel appointed under section 7.

mine means a mine within the meaning of the Coal Mines Regulation Act 1982 as in force immediately before its repeal by the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act 2002, but does not include any place that, in accordance with section 10 (2) of the Work Health and Safety (Mines and Petroleum Sites) Act 2013, is a place to which that Act does not apply.

Process includes occupation and any description of manual labour.

Regulation means a regulation made under this Act.

Silicosis Account means the Silicosis Contribution Account established under the Silicosis Act.

Silicosis Act means the Workers’ Compensation (Silicosis) Act 1942, as amended by subsequent Acts passed before the commencement of Part 2 of the Workers’ Compensation (Dust Diseases) Amendment Act 1967.

Silicosis Committee means the Workers’ Compensation (Silicosis) Committee constituted under the Silicosis Act.