10. Duties according to different capacities

Terms defined in s 4

• at work

  at work

  Defined · s 4

  “at work” means — (a) in relation to an employee, all times when the employee is performing work in connection with any trade, business, profession or undertaking carried on by his employer, wherever that work is carried out; (b) in relation to a self-employed person, all times when that person is performing work as a self-employed person, wherever the work is carried out; and (c) in any other case, all times when the person is performing work at the direction of the person who engaged him, wherever the work is carried out;

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• contractor

  contractor

  Defined · s 4

  “contractor” means a person engaged by a principal;

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• employer

  employer

  Defined · s 4

  “employer” has the meaning ascribed to it by section 6(1);

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• machinery

  machinery

  Defined · s 4

  “machinery” includes — (a) any oil engine, gas engine, steam engine and any other machine in which mechanical movement, either linear, rotated or both, takes place; (b) any steam boiler, gas cylinder, air receiver, steam receiver, steam container or refrigerating plant pressure receiver; (c) any appliance for transmission of power by ropes, belts, chains, driving straps or bands or gearing; and (d) any electrical generator or electrical motor, but does not include any machinery used solely for the propulsion of vehicles;

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• mechanical power

  mechanical power

  Defined · s 4

  “mechanical power” means any energy derived from steam, water, wind, electricity, compressed air or gas, or the combustion of fuel or explosive, which is used to drive or work any machinery;

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• occupier

  occupier

  Defined · s 4

  “occupier”, in relation to any premises or part of any premises, means — (a) in the case of a factory where a certificate of registration or a factory permit has to be obtained in relation to the premises pursuant to any regulations, the person who is, or is required to be, the holder of that certificate or permit; and (b) in the case of any other premises, the person who has charge, management or control of those premises either on his own account or as agent of another person, whether or not he is also the owner of those premises;

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• owner

  owner

  Defined · s 4

  “owner”, in relation to any premises, means — (a) the person receiving the rents or profits for the lease of the premises, whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other person; or (b) the person who would so receive the rents or profits if the premises were leased;

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• principal

  principal

  Defined · s 4

  “principal” means a person who, in connection with any trade, business, profession or undertaking carried on by him, engages any other person otherwise than under a contract of service — (a) to supply any labour for gain or reward; or (b) to do any work for gain or reward;

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• self-employed person

  self-employed person

  Defined · s 4

  “self-employed person” means a person who works for gain or reward otherwise than under a contract of service, whether or not employing others;

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• sub-contractor

  sub-contractor

  Defined · s 4

  “sub-contractor” means a person engaged, otherwise than under a contract of service, by any contractor or sub-contractor — (a) to supply any labour for gain or reward; or (b) to do any work for gain or reward, which the contractor or sub-contractor has been engaged as contractor or sub-contractor, as the case may be, to do;

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• workplace

  workplace

  Defined · s 4

  “workplace” has the meaning ascribed to it by section 5(1);

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