Western Australian Current Acts

COAL MINERS' WELFARE ACT 1947 - SECT 4

4 .         Terms used in this Act

                In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —

        Board means The Coal Miners’ Welfare Board of Western Australia as constituted by this Act and includes where necessary the Chairman or any other Member;

        Chairman means the chairman of the Board;

        coal miners means persons who work for hire or reward in the coal mining industry of Western Australia;

        Fund means The Coal Miners’ Welfare Fund as established by this Act;

        Member means a member of the Board;

        Secretary means the secretary appointed by the Board under section 15 as the Board’s chief executive officer.

        [Section 4 amended: No. 76 of 1986 s. 5; No. 17 of 2006 s. 4.]