3Interpretation

##### 3 Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > Agency means the Merit Protection and Review Agency. > authorized person means: (a) a person appointed by the Agency to be an authorized person for the purposes of this Act; or (b) a person included in a class of persons appointed by the Agency to be authorized persons for the purposes of this Act. > Commonwealth authority means: (a) a body corporate incorporated, whether before or after the commencement of this section, for a public purpose by an Act, by regulations made under an Act or by or under a law of a Territory, being a body employing staff otherwise than under the Public Service Act 1922; (b) an authority or body, not being a body corporate, established, whether before or after the commencement of this section, for a public purpose by, or in accordance with the provisions of, an Act, regulations made under an Act or law of a Territory, being an authority or body employing staff otherwise than under the Public Service Act 1922; (c) a company or other body corporate incorporated, whether before or after the commencement of this section, under a law of the Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, being a company or other body corporate in which the Commonwealth has a controlling interest; or (d) an authority or body established, whether before or after the commencement of this section and whether by, or in accordance with the provisions of, an Act, regulations made under an Act or a law of a Territory or otherwise, and whether a body corporate or not, being an authority or body that is financed in whole or in substantial part, either directly or indirectly, by money provided by the Commonwealth and employs staff otherwise than under the Public Service Act 1922; but does not include the Australian Federal Police; but does not include: (a) an enactment authority as defined by section 3 of the A.C.T. Self‑Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1988, incorporated or established for a public purpose; or (b) a body corporate incorporated, or an authority or body (not being a body corporate), incorporated or established for a public purpose by or in accordance with a law of the Northern Territory, being a body or authority employing staff otherwise than under the Public Service Act 1922. > Commonwealth employee means a person who is: (a) an officer or employee within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1922; or (b) employed by a Commonwealth authority. > Department has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1922. > enactment means: (a) an Act; or (b) a law that is an enactment within the meaning of the Australian Capital Territory (Self‑Government) Act 1988; or (c) an Ordinance made under section 12 of the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910; or (d) an instrument (including an industrial award, a determination, rules, regulations or by‑laws) made under a law that is an enactment by virtue of paragraph (a), (b) or (c). > industrial award has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1922. > Joint Selection Committee means a Joint Selection Committee referred to in section 50DA or 50DB of the Public Service Act 1922 or a similar committee referred to in any other enactment. > member means a member of the Agency and includes the Merit Protection Commissioner. > officer has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1922. > relevant Secretary has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1922. > Secretary has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1922. > the Service has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1922. (2) A reference in this Act to an action taken or a decision made in relation to a Commonwealth employee in relation to his or her employment as a Commonwealth employee shall be read as including a reference to an action taken or a decision made in relation to the employee in relation to a matter that is incidental or ancillary to that employment.