Definitions
2(a)
"assistant deputy minister" means an assistant deputy minister appointed under section 9 of the Executive Council Act for the proper conduct of this Act;
2(b)
"board" means the Labour Relations Board referred to in the Labour Relations Act;
2(c)
"committee" means an occupational health and safety committee referred to in this Act;
2(d)
"council" means the Occupational Health and Safety Council referred to in this Act;
2(d.1)
"department" means the department presided over by the minister;
2(e)
"division" means the Occupational Health and Safety Division;
2(f)
"employer" means a person who employs one or more workers;
2(g)
"minister" means the minister appointed under the Executive Council Act to administer this Act;
2(h)
"occupation" means employment prescribed by the regulations as an occupation;
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In this Act
2(i)
"officer" means an occupational health and safety officer appointed under this Act and includes a medical practitioner providing services under section 20 while the medical practitioner is providing those services;
2(j)
"principal contractor" means the person primarily responsible for the carrying out of a project and includes the person who owns the thing in respect of which the project is being carried out;
2(k)
"self-employed person" means a person who is engaged in an occupation on the person’s own behalf;
2(k.1)
"supervisor" means a person authorized or designated by an employer to exercise direction and control over workers of the employer;
2(l)
"supplier" means a person who rents or leases tools, appliances or equipment to be used by a worker;
2(m)
"worker" means a person engaged in an occupation; and
2(n)
"workplace" means a place where a worker or self-employed person is engaged in an occupation and includes a vehicle or mobile equipment used by a worker in an occupation.
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