10Commonwealth employees working for key institutions

10 Commonwealth employees working for key institutions

This section covers a Commonwealth employee who is any of the following: (a) the Official Secretary to the Governor‑General; (b) an SES employee, or an acting SES employee, who is assisting a Royal Commission; (c) a person performing the duties of Secretary to a committee of inquiry established under an Act; (d) a person holding, or performing the duties of, one of the following positions relating to a Minister: (i) Chief of Staff; (ii) Principal Adviser; (iii) Senior Adviser; (iv) Senior Media Adviser; (v) Adviser; (vi) Media Adviser; (g) a person holding, or performing the duties of, one of the following offices or positions in the Department of the Senate: (i) Clerk of the Senate; (ii) Deputy Clerk of the Senate; (iii) Usher of the Black Rod; (iv) an SES employee (as defined in the Parliamentary Service Act 1999), or an acting SES employee (as defined in that Act), with a classification of Senior Executive Band 1; (v) Secretary to a committee established by the Senate, or jointly by the Senate and the House of Representatives (including a committee established by an Act); or a Parliamentary Service employee (as defined in the Parliamentary Service Act 1999) performing the duties of a Clerk at the Table in the Senate; (h) a person holding, or performing the duties of, one of the following offices or positions in the Department of the House of Representatives: (i) Clerk of the House of Representatives; (ii) Deputy Clerk of the House of Representatives; (iii) Clerk Assistant (Procedure); (iv) Clerk Assistant (Committees); (v) Clerk Assistant (Table); (vi) Serjeant‑at‑Arms; (vii) Deputy Serjeant‑at‑Arms; (viii) Director (Programming), Table Office; (ix) Director (Legislation and Records), Table Office; (x) Secretary to a committee established by the House of Representatives, or jointly by the House of Representatives and the Senate (including a committee established by an Act); (i) a person holding, or performing the duties of, one of the following offices or positions in the joint Department (as defined in the Parliamentary Service Act 1999): (i) Secretary; (ii) Parliamentary Librarian; (iii) Chief Information Officer; (iv) First Assistant Secretary, Building and Security Division; (v) Chief Operating Officer; (vi) Chief Finance Officer; (vii) Assistant Secretary, Capital Works Branch; (viii) Director, Legal Services; (j) the Parliamentary Budget Officer; (k) an APS employee holding, or performing the duties of, a position of parliamentary liaison officer in the Department administered by the Prime Minister.