11Public employee

11 Public employee

(1) In these Regulations, public employee means a person employed by the Commonwealth, a State, the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory or the Territory of Norfolk Island or by a public authority, whether the person is so employed under a law, or under a contract of service or apprenticeship. (2) Without limiting subregulation (1): (a) a member of the Parliament; or (b) a justice or judge of a court; or (c) a person (other than a person mentioned in subregulation (4)) who is the holder of an office established by a law; of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory, is to be taken, for the purposes of these Regulations, to be employed by the Commonwealth, a State or Territory as the case may be. (3) Without limiting subregulation (1), a member of the Defence Force is to be taken, for the purposes of these Regulations, to be employed by the Commonwealth. (4) Without limiting subregulation (1), a person is to be taken, for the purposes of these Regulations, to be employed by a public authority if: (a) the person constitutes, or is a member of, the authority; or (b) where the authority is a body corporate—the person is a director of the body corporate.