Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears —
Commissioner means the person for the time being
designated as the Commissioner under section 9A;
Department means the department of the Public
Service principally assisting in the administration of this Act;
employee includes a person seeking employment and
a person sought for employment;
employment includes —
(a)
employment by way of professional engagement or under a contract of
service or a contract for service; and
(b) an
arrangement whereby a person is to assist in the domestic work of a household
in consideration of receiving hospitality with or without further or other
remuneration;
engagement means an employment which has been
entered into by the employee;
firm means an unincorporated body of persons
(whether consisting of individuals or of bodies corporate or partly of
individuals and partly of bodies corporate) registered under the Business
Names Registration Act 2011 (Commonwealth), and includes the several
persons constituting that body;
licence means a licence granted pursuant to this
Act;
[Definition of “the repealed Acts”
omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e)] ; and
transaction includes the relationship between the
employment agent and the person for whom he is acting and any negotiations
entered into by the employment agent in endeavouring to procure an engagement.
(2) Where a meaning is
assigned to any term by this section cognate expressions used in this
Act, unless a contrary intention appears, have a corresponding meaning.
[Section 4 amended by No. 70 of 1990
s. 4; No. 57 of 1997 s. 39(10); No. 55 of 2004 s. 276;
No. 28 of 2006 s. 92; No. 6 of 2012 s. 39.]