South Australian Consolidated Acts

WORKER'S LIENS ACT 1893 - SECT 2

2—Interpretation

In this Act, where not inconsistent with the context, the following terms have the following meanings:

"contract" means any agreement, whether written, oral, or implied, to do work or to procure work to be done, or to furnish materials in connection with work, or to pay for work, or for materials furnished or to be furnished in connection with work;

"contract price" means the money payable to any contractor or sub-contractor for any work, or materials furnished or to be furnished in connection with work, under any contract, and whether such price has been fixed by express agreement or not;

"contractor" means a person (not being a sub-contractor) contracting with or employed by another person to do work, or to procure work to be done, or to furnish materials in connection with work;

"court" in the case of an action in the Supreme Court or District Court includes a judge of the court, and in the case of an action in the Magistrates Court includes a magistrate;

"fixture" means such a fixture upon land as, having been attached to such land by the vendor, would pass to the purchaser upon the sale of the fee simple of the land;

"goods" includes all produce of land when severed from the land;

"owner" means the owner of the legal or equitable fee simple of land;

"occupier" means the lessee, sub-lessee, tenant, or occupier for the time being of land other than the owner thereof;

"prescribed" means prescribed by regulation made under this Act;

"regulation" means a regulation made under this Act;

"sub-contractor" means a person contracting with or employed by a contractor or sub-contractor to do work, or to procure work to be done, or to furnish materials in connection with work for the purposes of the contract made by such contractor or last-mentioned sub-contractor;

"the Real Property Act" means the Real Property Act 1886 and any Act or Acts amending the same or substituted therefor;

"wages" means money to which a worker is or may be entitled for manual work or personal service, and whether to be ascertained by time or by the piece, and whether at a fixed price or rate or otherwise;

"work" means every description of manual work or personal service;

"worker" means every person employed in or doing any manual work or personal service.