Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts In this Act, unless
the contrary intention appears —
code of conduct means the code of conduct made
under Part 4;
Council means the Road Transport Freight Industry
Council established by section 17;
Department means the department of the Public
Service principally assisting in the administration of this Act;
goods includes freight and materials;
gross vehicle mass has the same meaning as it has
in the Road Traffic Act 1974 section 111AB(4);
guideline rates means rates of payment published
in accordance with section 27(1)(f);
heavy vehicle means a vehicle, as defined in the
Road Traffic Act 1974 , with a gross vehicle mass of more than
4.5 tonnes;
hirer means a person who engages an owner-driver
under an owner-driver contract;
inspector means an Industrial Inspector as defined
in the IR Act section 7;
IR Act means the Industrial Relations
Act 1979 ;
owner-driver has the meaning given to that term in
section 4;
owner-driver contract has the meaning given to
that term in section 5;
party , in relation to an owner-driver contract,
means a party to the contract;
payment claim means a claim made under an
owner-driver contract —
(a) by
the owner-driver to the hirer for payment of an amount in relation to the
performance by the owner-driver of the owner-driver’s obligations under
the contract; or
(b) by
the hirer to the owner-driver in relation to the performance or
non-performance by the owner-driver of the owner-driver’s obligations
under the contract;
Registrar has the meaning given to that term by
the IR Act section 7;
Tribunal has the meaning given to that term in
section 38(2);
workplace means a place, whether or not in a
vehicle, building or other structure, where owner-drivers or hirers work or
are likely to be in the course of their work.
[Section 3 amended by No. 47 of 2011
s. 27.]