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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 355

Definitions for part

355 Definitions for part

In this part—

"attachment notice" means an attachment notice serviced on a prime contractor under section 360 .

"contracted work" means work that is, or is to be, performed under a contract or undertaking (whether written or unwritten).

"employer" , in division 2 , means the person—

(a) with whom a prime contractor has contracted to perform work; or
(b) who has an obligation to a prime contractor to perform work.

"mine" , in division 5 , means a mine within the meaning of the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 .

"mortgagee" , in division 5 , means a person entitled to payment under the security of an instrument of mortgage, crop lien, stock mortgage or bill of sale.

"mortgagor" , in division 5 , means a person liable to pay a mortgagee under an instrument of mortgage, crop lien, stock mortgage or bill of sale.

"prime contractor" means—
(a) a person (the
"contractor" ) who contracts with someone else for the performance of work by the other person, or at whose request, or on whose credit or behalf and with whose knowledge and consent, work is performed; or
(b) a person, claiming under the contractor, whose rights are acquired after the work begins.

"subcontractor" means a person who contracts with an employer to perform work to discharge the employer’s obligation to a prime contractor.


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