Appropriation (Parliamentary Departments) Act 1998-99
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In this Act:
Chief Executive, in relation to a Parliamentary Department, means the person who is, for the purposes of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997, the Chief Executive of the Agency that is the Parliamentary Department.
Parliamentary Department means:
(a) the Department of the Senate: or
(b) the Department of the House of Representatives; or
(c) the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff; or
(d) the Department of the Parliamentary Library; or
(e) the Joint House Department.
President means the President of the Senate.
Presiding Officer means:
(a) the President; or
(b) the Speaker.
Speaker means the Speaker of the House of Representatives.