Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered 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 103B(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.