3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

age for retirement means –

(a) the age prescribed by the Act under which an employee is employed as the age at which the employee is entitled to retire from employment; or

(b) if no age is so prescribed, the age of 55 years;

Commission means the Tasmanian Industrial Commission constituted under the Industrial Relations Act 1984 ;

Commissioner means a member of the Commission;

day means a working day;

[Section 3 Amended by No. 10 of 2003, s. 4, Applied:16 Apr 2003] employee means a State Service officer, State Service employee or any other person who is employed in any capacity by a State authority or a prescribed employer as a full-time employee or a part-time employee and includes–

(a) a person so employed whose terms and conditions of employment are prescribed by an industrial award; and

(b) [Section 3 Amended by No. 49 of 2019, s. 4, Applied:18 Dec 2019] a person appointed under the Parliamentary Privilege Act 1898 ;

Full Bench means a Full Bench of the Commission constituted under the Industrial Relations Act 1984 ;

[Section 3 Amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001] full-time employee means an employee who is required to devote the whole of working time to the duties of the position or appointment and includes the holder of a Government scholarship;