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SEAFARERS REHABILITATION AND COMPENSATION ACT 1992 No. 234, 1992 - SECT 53

Interpretation
53.(1) In this Part:

   (a)  a reference to the loss of, or damage to, property used by an employee
        is a reference to the loss of, or damage to, the property in
        circumstances referred to in section 27; and

   (b)  a reference to an employee is, if the employee has died, a reference
        to his or her legal personal representative; and

   (c)  a reference to a dependant of a deceased employee is, if the dependant
        has died, a reference to the dependant's legal personal
        representative; and

   (d)  a reference to an employer, being a body corporate, includes a
        reference to a related body corporate that:

        (i)    owns the prescribed ship; or

        (ii)   manages the prescribed ship; or

        (iii)  is chartering the prescribed ship; or

        (iv)   operates the prescribed ship; and

   (e)  a reference to an employee includes a reference to an employee of a
        related body corporate that:

        (i)    is performing duties on the prescribed ship; or

        (ii)   is performing duties in connection with the prescribed ship.

(2) For the purposes of paragraphs (1)(d) and (e), the question whether bodies
corporate are related to each other is to be determined in the same manner as
the question whether bodies corporate (within the meaning of the Corporations
Law) are related to each other is determined under the Corporations Law. 


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