7   Meaning of “worker”

(1)  A person is a worker if the person carries out work in any capacity for a person conducting a business or undertaking, including work as:

(a)  an employee, or

(b)  a contractor or subcontractor, or

(c)  an employee of a contractor or subcontractor, or

(d)  an employee of a labour hire company who has been assigned to work in the person’s business or undertaking, or

(e)  an outworker, or

(f)  an apprentice or trainee, or

(g)  a student gaining work experience, or

(h)  a volunteer, or

(i)  a person of a prescribed class.

(2)  For the purposes of this Act, a police officer is:

(a)  a worker, and

(b)  at work throughout the time when the officer is on duty or lawfully performing the functions of a police officer, but not otherwise.

(3)  The person conducting the business or undertaking is also a worker if the person is an individual who carries out work in that business or undertaking.