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Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984
3AADefinition of employing individual
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3AA Definition of employing individual
(1) The employing individual, for a person employed under this Act, is the parliamentarian or office‑holder who, on behalf of the Commonwealth, employed the person under section 11. (2) A parliamentarian ceases to be an employing individual if they cease to be a parliamentarian, unless they continue to be an office‑holder. (3) An office‑holder ceases to be an employing individual if they cease to be an office‑holder and are not also a parliamentarian.