South Australian Consolidated Acts

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TRAINING FUND ACT 1993 - SECT 3

3—Interpretation

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

"agricultural land" means land wholly or mainly used for agricultural or horticultural purposes, animal husbandry, or other similar purposes;

"the Board" means the Construction Industry Training Board constituted under this Act;

"building approval" in respect of building or construction work, means provisional building rules consent under section 33(1)(b) of the Development Act 1993 ;

"building or construction work"—see Schedule 1;

"collection agency" means a person or body appointed under section 19;

"the Fund" means the Construction Industry Training Fund established under Part 5;

"government authority" means—

            (a)         the Crown; or

            (b)         an agency or instrumentality of the Crown; or

            (c)         a local council; or

            (d)         a body, or body of a prescribed class, prescribed by regulation for the purposes of this definition;

"local council" means a council under the Local Government Act 1999 and includes a subsidiary of a council under that Act;

"project owner" in respect of building or construction work, means—

            (a)         if a person has been engaged (other than as an employee) to carry out, or to cause to be carried out (including by the use of one or more subcontractors) all, or substantially all, of the building or construction work associated with a particular project—that person ¹ ;

            (b)         in any other case—the person for whose direct benefit the building or construction work exists on its completion;

"training plan" means a training plan prepared by the Board under Part 6.

        (2)         The following constitute sectors of the building and construction industry for the purposes of this Act:

            (a)         the housing sector;

            (b)         the commercial sector;

            (c)         the civil sector;

            (d)         such other sectors (if any) as the regulations may prescribe.

        (3)         A sector will be constituted by such parts of the building and construction industry as the regulations may prescribe.

Note—

1         The regulations may prescribe principles to be taken into account for the purpose of determining whether a person falls within the ambit of this paragraph.