PART 4
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH
DIVISION 1
REGISTRATION AND REQUIREMENTS OF INDUSTRIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
168. Interpretation
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(1) In this Part—
“article” means an object which is formed to a specific shape or design during its manufacture or which in its natural shape, and which use in that form is dependent in whole or in part on its shape or design;
“employer” includes, as the context requires, the operator, principal contractor, contractor or subcontractor;
“committee” means a joint workplace safety and health committee established under section 192;
“committee member” means a member of a committee established under section 192.
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(2) A person who is employed in an industrial establishment whether for wages or not, either in a process or in cleaning or oiling any part of the machinery or plant, or in any other kind of work whatsoever incidental to or connected with the process, or connected with the article made or otherwise the subject of the process therein, shall, save as is otherwise provided by this Part, be deemed to be employed therein for the purposes of this Part and any proceedings thereunder.
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(3) A young person who works in an industrial establishment, whether for wages or not, in collecting, carrying or delivering goods, carrying messages or running errands shall be deemed to be employed in the industrial establishment for the purposes of this Part or of any proceedings under this Part.
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(4) For the purposes of this Part and Regulations made under this Part, a ship being manufactured or under repair shall be deemed to be a construction site.
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(5) An owner does not become an employer at a construction site by virtue only of the fact that the owner has engaged an architect, professional engineer or other person solely to oversee quality control at a construction site.