Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00183:clause:1_4aa
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00183
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 4AA
Character Range: 31904–33034

4AA  Employee

Basic definition

 (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

employee means an individual so far as he or she is employed, or usually employed, as described in the definition of employer in subsection 4AB(1), by an employer, except on a vocational placement.

Note: See also Part XV (employees and employers in Victoria).

References to employee with ordinary meaning

 (2) However, a reference to employee has its ordinary meaning (subject to subsections (3) and (4)) if the reference is listed in clause 2 of Schedule 1. This does not limit the circumstances in which a contrary intention may appear for the purposes of subsection (1).

Note: The regulations may amend clause 2 of Schedule 1. See clause 5 of Schedule 1.

 (3) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to employee with its ordinary meaning includes a reference to an individual who is usually an employee with that meaning.

 (4) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to employee with its ordinary meaning does not include a reference to an individual on a vocational placement.