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ANNO PRIMO ET SECTTNDO
EDWARD' VII. REGIS.
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No. V.
AN ACT to amend the Law with respect to Compensation to Workers for Accidental Injuries suffered in the course of their Employment.
[Assented to, 19th February, 1902.]
| lative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legis- assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :— | 13 E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with | |||
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1° & 2° EDWARD' VII., No. 5.
Workers' Compensation.
| Interpretation. | 2. (t.) IN this Act, if not inconsistent with the context, |
" Dependants " means such members of a worker's family,
specified in the First Schedule hereto, as at the time of his
death were wholly or in part dependent on Ins earnings ;
" Employer " includes persons, firms, companies, and corpora- tions employing workers, and the legal representatives of a deceased employer ;
h ‘ Engineering Work" means any work of construction or alteration or repair of a railroad, harbour, dock, canal, sewer, or tunnel, telegraph, telephone, or electric power, and includes any other work for the construction, alteration, or repair of which machinery driven by steam, water, or other mechanical power is used.
" Factory " means any manufactory, workshop, workroom, or premises wherein or whereon manual labour is exercised for the purpose of gain in or incidental to the making, altering, or repairing any article by way of trade or for purpose of gain or for sale, and includes any ship or boat in port, dock, wharf, quay, or warehouse, so far as relates to machinery and plant used in the process of loading or unloading therefrom or thereto, and every laundry worked by steam, water, or other mechanical power.
" Injury " means personal injury or loss of life by accident arising out of and in course of employment, or injury to health or loss of life arising out of or consequent upon any employment declared by proclamation to be dangerous to health or dangerous to life or limb : Provided that no such proclamation shall issue except on addresses of both Houses of Parliament.
" Proclamation " means proclamation by the Governor in the
Government Gazette.
"'Worker " means a person of any age or sex who is engaged under contract with an employer (made before or after the commencement of this Act) in any employment to which this Act applies, whether the agreement is one of service, apprenticeship, or otherwise, and whether the employment is on land, or on any ship or vessel (of whatsoever kind…