Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

WORKERS COMPENSATION ACT 1951 - SECT 15

    (1)     This section applies to an individual (the outworker ) who is engaged by a person (the principal ) under a contract for services to treat or manufacture articles or materials, or to perform other services—

        (a)     in the outworker's own home; or

        (b)     on other premises not under the control or management of the principal.

    (2)     To remove doubt, the outworker is taken to be a worker employed by the principal if—

        (a)     the outworker is taken to be a worker employed by the principal under section 11 (Regular contractors and casuals); or

        (b)     the outworker is taken to be a worker employed by the principal under section 12 (Labour hire arrangements).

Example of an outworker

A keyboard operator engaged under a contract for services by an information technology firm to undertake data conversion for the firm (or for another firm) in the operator's home.

Note     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).