Pastoral Workers’ Accommodation Act 1980 (Qld)

Pastoral Workers' Accommodation Act 1980

An Act to provide for the accommodation of workers employed in pastoral work and for matters incidental thereto

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Pastoral Workers' Accommodation Act 1980.

3 [Repealed]

4 Crown bound This Act, other than section 14, binds the Crown.

5 Definitions In this Act— accommodation includes buildings, tents, structures, rooms, fittings, furnishings, equipment, facilities and amenities. award means an award or other industrial instrument under the Industrial Relations Act 2016. group accommodation means accommodation provided pursuant to section 9. inspector means an inspector appointed under the Industrial Relations Act 2016, section 899. occupier means— (a) the person in actual occupation of land on which premises are situated or, if no person is in actual occupation, the owner of the land; or (b) any person authorised by the occupier to act on the occupier's behalf in the general management or control of the land or premises. pastoral work means work in connection with— (a) the management, rearing or grazing of horses, cattle or sheep on premises other than dairy farms; or (b) the shearing or crutching of sheep; or (c) the scouring, sorting or pressing of wool; or (d) work declared under a regulation to be pastoral work. premises means any land, building or other place (whether open or enclosed), including its appurtenances, on, in, about or in connection with which any worker is employed. resident worker means a worker who eats and sleeps in accommodation provided by an occupier on the premises or in a group accommodation. structure includes a transportable hut and a caravan. worker means a person performing pastoral work.