Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00116:section:3:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00116
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 3 (pt 2/7)
Character Range: 13078–15822

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, is not so employed or engaged but is undergoing a training course as required by his or her employer; or
 (b) is undergoing a training course as required by his or her employer before becoming a seafarer.
compensation leave means any period during which an employee is absent from his or her employment due to an incapacity for work resulting from an injury in respect of which compensation is payable under section 31 or 37.
damages includes any amount paid under a compromise or settlement of a claim for damages, whether or not legal proceedings have been instituted, but does not include an amount paid in respect of costs incurred in connection with legal proceedings.
de facto partner of a person has the meaning given by the Acts Interpretation Act 1901.
default event, in relation to an employer, happens when:
 (a) the employer:
 (i) becomes bankrupt or insolvent; or
 (ii) applies to take the benefit of any law for the relief of insolvents; or
 (iii) compounds with the employer's creditors for their benefit; or
 (iv) if the employer is a body corporate—is being wound‑up; or
 (v) if the employer is a body corporate—ceases to exist; or
 (vi) no longer engages in trade or commerce in Australia; and
 (b) the employer is unable to meet the employer's liabilities under this Act.
dependant, in relation to a deceased employee, means a person:
 (a) who is the spouse of the employee; or
 (b) who is the parent, step‑parent, father‑in‑law, mother‑in‑law, grandparent, child, stepchild, grandchild, sibling or half‑sibling of the employee; or
 (c) in relation to whom the employee stood in the position of a parent or who stood in the position of a parent to the employee;
being a person who was wholly or partly dependent on the employee at the date of the employee's death.
Note: see also section 16.
dependent means dependent for economic support.
disease means:
 (a) any ailment suffered by an employee; or
 (b) the aggravation of any such ailment;
being an ailment or an aggravation that was contributed to in a material degree by the employee's employment.
emergency licence has the same meaning as in the Coastal Trading (Revitalising Australian Shipping) Act 2012.
employee has the meaning given in section 4.
financial corporation means a financial corporation within the meaning of paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution.
foreign corporation means a foreign corporation within the meaning of paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution and includes a body that is incorporated