96Definitions

96 Definitions

(1) In this Part—

compliance code means a code approved by the Minister under section 121;

employment obligation period means, subject to section 103(2) and (3), an aggregate period of 52 weeks, whether or not consecutive, in respect of which a worker has an incapacity for work resulting from, or materially contributed to, by the injury to which the medical certificate or claim relates, beginning on the date on which the employer—

(a) receives from the worker a medical certificate issued in accordance with section 25(1); or

(b) receives a claim for compensation from the worker in the form of weekly payments; or

(c) is notified by the Authority that the worker has made a claim for compensation in the form of weekly payments; or

(d) is notified by the Authority that the worker has provided the Authority with a medical certificate issued in accordance with section 25(1)—

whichever is earliest;

host has the meaning given by section 109(1)(a);

inspector means an officer or employee of the Authority who is appointed as an inspector under section 126 for the purposes of this Part;

labour hire employer has the meaning given by section 109(1)(a);

preceding premium period means the premium period preceding the premium period in respect of which a premiums order made under Division 4 of Part 10 is currently in force;

pre-injury employment means the employment of a worker in a position which is the same as or equivalent to the position in which the worker was employed before receiving the injury;

representative, in relation to a worker, does not include a legal practitioner;

Return to Work improvement notice means a Return to Work improvement notice issued under Division 7;

treating health practitioner means—

(a) a medical practitioner who has issued a medical certificate referred to in section 25; or

(b) a medical practitioner, registered physiotherapist, registered chiropractor or registered osteopath who has issued a certificate of capacity referred to in section 167(2);

workplace means a place, whether or not in a building or structure—