4Interpretation

4 Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

ACT enactment means an enactment as defined by section 3 of the Australian Capital Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1988.

ACT teaching service means the service known on 1 November 1988 as the Commonwealth Teaching Service.

approving authority means:

(a) in relation to a person who is, or was at the time of his or her ceasing to be an employee whether by reason of death or otherwise, employed in the Department of the Senate—the President of the Senate;
(b) in relation to a person who is, or was at the time of his or her ceasing to be an employee whether by reason of death or otherwise, employed in the Department of the House of Representatives—the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(c) in relation to a person who is, or was at the time of his or her ceasing to be an employee whether by reason of death or otherwise, employed in a Department of the Parliament established under the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 other than the Department of the Senate and the Department of the House of Representatives—the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives;
(d) in relation to a person who is, or was at the time of his or her ceasing to be an employee whether by reason of death or otherwise, the holder of an office or appointment, being an office or appointment to which this paragraph applies or applied by virtue of subsection (8)—the person authorized to grant leave to the holder of the office or appointment by the law establishing the office or providing for the making of the appointment; or
(e) in any other case:
(i) the chief executive officer of the employing agency (the original agency) in which the person is employed, or in which the person was employed at the time of his or her ceasing to be an employee (whether by reason of death or otherwise); or
(ii) if the original agency no longer exists—the chief executive officer (however described) of the replacement agency determined under subsection (1A).

category A employee means:

(a) an employee the whole of whose employment that counts as employment in a qualifying service for the purposes of this Act has been employment in a full‑time capacity; or
(b) an employee the whole of whose employment that counts as employment in a qualifying service for the purposes of this Act has been employment in a part‑time capacity.

category B employee means an employee other than a category A employee.

chief executive officer, in relation to an employing agency, means: