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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (SAFETY ARRANGEMENTS) REGULATIONS 1991 - REG 4

Employing authorities

         (1)   For subparagraph (a) (i) of the definition of employing authority in subsection 5 (1) of the Act, a person or body mentioned in column 2 of an item of the following table is the employing authority in relation to the persons mentioned in column 3 of the item:

Item

Employing authority

Persons

1

Chief of the Defence Force

Members of the Australian Defence Force

2

Chief of Navy

Members of the Australian Navy Cadets

3

Chief of Army

Members of the Australian Army Cadets

4

Chief of Air Force

Members of the Australian Air Force Cadets

5

Executive Director of the Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service

   (a)  Employees (in the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry) assisting the Executive Director; and

  (b)  Contractors assisting the Executive Director

6

Executive Director of Geoscience Australia

   (a)  Employees (in the Department of Industry, Science and Resources) assisting the Executive Director; and

  (b)  Contractors assisting the Executive Director

7

Director of the Australian Institute of Family Studies

   (a)  Employees (in the Department of Family and Community Services) assisting the Director; and

  (b)  Contractors assisting the Director

8

Chair of the Productivity Commission

   (a)  Employees assisting the Chair; and

  (b)  Contractors assisting the Chair

9

Controller of the Royal Australian Mint

   (a)  Employees (in the Department of the Treasury) assisting the Controller; and

  (b)  Contractors assisting the Controller

10

Director-General of the Australian Agency for International Development

Persons engaged as employees under subsection 19 (1) of the Australian Civilian Corps Act 2011

         (2)   In this regulation:

"contractor means a contractor of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of contractor" in subsection 5 (1) of the Act.

Note 1    The only kind of contractor in relation to which paragraph (a) of
the definition of employing authority in subsection 5 (1) of the Act applies is the kind referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of contractor in subsection 5 (1) of the Act.

Note 2    Some contractors are sometimes known as 'consultants' (see, for example, section 45 of the Productivity Commission Act 1998 ).


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