3Interpretation

#### 3 Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > CEO means the Chief Executive Officer of the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service. > electorate employee means a person employed by a parliamentarian under subsection 11(1). > employing individual: see section 3AA. > Finance Minister means the Minister administering the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013. > IPSC means the Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission. > office‑holder means: (a) a person who holds a relevant office; or (b) a person, not being a parliamentarian, who held the office of Prime Minister; or (c) a parliamentarian in respect of whom a determination under section 4 is in force. > parliamentarian means a senator or a member of the House of Representatives. > personal employee means a personal employee (Ministerial) or a personal employee (non‑Ministerial). > personal employee (Ministerial) means a person employed by a Minister under subsection 11(2). > personal employee (non‑Ministerial) means a person employed by an office‑holder other than a Minister under subsection 11(3). > PWSS means the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service. > relevant office means: (a) an office of Minister; or (b) the office of Leader of the Opposition in the Senate; or (c) the office of Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives; or (d) the office of Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate; or (e) the office of Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives; or (f) an office of leader or deputy leader, in a House of the Parliament, of a recognized political party (other than an office that is held by a person who also holds an office referred to in any of the preceding paragraphs of this definition). > workplace means a place where work is carried out by persons employed under this Act and includes any place where an employee goes, or is likely to be, while at work.