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19: Meaning of worker
or “Who counts as a worker under this law”
You could also call this:

“What counts as a workplace under health and safety law”

A workplace is any place where you do work for a business. This includes places you might go to while you’re working.

A workplace can be many different things. It can be a building, but it can also be a car, a boat, or even an airplane. It can be on land, in the water, or even floating on water.

Remember, anywhere you go for your job can be considered a workplace. This helps keep you safe no matter where your work takes you.

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Part 1 Health and safety at work
Interpretation: Key terms

20Meaning of workplace

  1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, a workplace—

  2. means a place where work is being carried out, or is customarily carried out, for a business or undertaking; and
    1. includes any place where a worker goes, or is likely to be, while at work.

      1. In this section, place includes—

      2. a vehicle, vessel, aircraft, ship, or other mobile structure; and
        1. any waters and any installation on land, on the bed of any waters, or floating on any waters.

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