Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00116:section:3:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00116
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 1/7)
Character Range: 10436–13336

3  General definitions
  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
adoption means adoption under a law of a State or Territory or of a foreign country.
aggravation includes acceleration or recurrence.
ailment means any physical or mental ailment, disorder, defect or morbid condition (whether of sudden onset or gradual development).
appointed member means a member referred to in paragraph 109(a), (b), (c) or (d).
approved Guide means:
 (a) the document, prepared by the Authority in accordance with section 42 under the title 'Guide to the Assessment of the Degree of Permanent Impairment', that has been approved by the Minister and is for the time being in force; and
 (b) if an instrument varying the document has been approved by the Minister—that document as so varied.
approved industry training course means an industry training course approved in writing by the Authority for the purposes of this definition.
approved program provider has the meaning given by section 48.
ART means the Administrative Review Tribunal.
attendant care services, in relation to an employee, means services (other than household services, medical or surgical services or nursing care) required for the essential and regular personal care of the employee.
Australian General Shipping Register has the same meaning as in the Shipping Registration Act 1981.
Australian International Shipping Register has the same meaning as in the Shipping Registration Act 1981.
Australian Maritime Safety Authority means the Australian Maritime Safety Authority established by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority Act 1990.
authorised insurer means a general insurer or Lloyd's underwriter under the Insurance Act 1973 or an insurer that carries on State insurance (whether or not the State insurance extends beyond the limits of the State concerned).
Authority means the Seafarers Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Authority established by section 103.
catastrophic injury means an injury, where the conditions specified in the legislative rules are satisfied.
Chairperson means the Chairperson of the Authority.
child: without limiting who is a child of a person for the purposes of this Act, someone is the child of a person if he or she is a child of the person within the meaning of the Family Law Act 1975.
claim means a claim under Part 5.
claimant, in relation to a time after the death of a claimant, means the claimant's legal personal representative.
coastal trading has the same meaning as in the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012.
Comcare has the same meaning as in the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.
Comcare officer means a person referred to in subsection 88(1) of the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988.
company trainee means a person (other than an industry trainee) who:
 (a) although ordinarily employed or engaged as a seafarer,