Work Health and Safety Act 2011

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Distinguished Terms in this instrument

Term(s)	Definition	Defined in Legislation	See Section(s)
health	means physical and psychological health.	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts
health and safety duty	âsee section 30.	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 30 Health and safety duty
health and safety representative	, in relation to a worker, means the health and safety representative elected under Part 5 for the work group of which the worker is a member.	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts
import	means to bring into the jurisdiction from outside Australia.	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts
inspector	means an inspector appointed under Part 9.	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts
internal reviewer	means:	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 225 Internal reviewer Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts
legal practitioner	means a person who is admitted to the legal profession by a federal court or a Supreme Court of a State or Territory.	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts
local authority	means a local authority under a corresponding WHS law.	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts
medical treatment	means treatment by a medical p ractitioner registered or licens ed under a State or Territory law that provides for the registration or licensing of medical practitioners.	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts
modifications	include additions, omissions and substitutions.	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts
non‐Commonwealth licensee	means a body corporate that was a non ‐ Commonwealth licensee for the purposes of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991 immediately before the commencement of this Act.	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts
notifiable incident	âsee section 35.	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 35 What is a notifiable incident
officer	, in relation to a registered foreign company, includes a local agent of the foreign company.	Corporations Act 2001
official of a union	means a person who holds an office in, or is an employee of, the union.	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 116 Definitions Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts
person conducting a business or undertaking	âsee section 5.	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 5 Rounding of penalty amounts
physical element	, in relation to an offence, has the same meaning as in the Criminal Code .	Work Health and Safety Act 2011
plant	includes:	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts
prohibited reason	, in Part 6âsee section 106.	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 106 What is a prohibited reason Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts
reasonably practicable	, in relation to a duty to ensure health and safetyâsee section 18.	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 18 What is reasonably practicable in ensuring health and safety Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts
regulator	means Comcare.	Work Health and Safety Act 2011	Work Health and Safety Act 2011 - 4 Indexation of penalty amounts