7Interpretation

#### 7 Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: > acting SES employee means a non‑SES employee who is acting in a position usually occupied by an SES employee. > APS employee has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1999. > Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard has the same meaning as in the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009. > Note: See Schedules 4 and 9 of the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009 in relation to the application of the Australian Fair Pay and Conditions Standard. > Australian Public Service Commissioner means the Australian Public Service Commissioner appointed under the Public Service Act 1999. > authorised member of a Parliamentary party means: (a) the Leader of the Parliamentary party; or (b) a member of the Parliamentary party authorised, in writing, by the Leader of the Parliamentary party to act under the provision in which the expression occurs. > budget means an annual Commonwealth budget. > caretaker period for a general election has the same meaning as in Schedule 1 to the Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998. > category of Parliamentary Service employee means one of the following categories: (a) ongoing Parliamentary Service employees; (b) Parliamentary Service employees engaged for a specified term or for the duration of a specified task; (c) Parliamentary Service employees engaged for duties that are irregular or intermittent. > Classification Rules means rules made under section 23. > Code of Conduct means: (a) the rules in section 13; and (b) any rules and orders made by the Senate or the House of Representatives under section 50 of the Constitution that apply to Parliamentary Service employees. > Commissioner means the Parliamentary Service Commissioner appointed under this Act. > Commonwealth body means: (a) a Commonwealth entity, or a Commonwealth company, within the meaning of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013; or (b) the High Court of Australia. > Department means a Department of the Parliament that is established under this Act. > designated Parliamentary party, during the caretaker period for a general election, means a political party at least 5 members of which were members of the Parliament of the Commonwealth immediately before the caretaker period. > Note: The Parliamentary Budget Officer may treat 2 or more political parties as a single designated Parliamentary party for the purpose of preparing a post‑election report (see subsection 64MA(2)). > determinations means determinations under this Act other than Part 9. > election commitment, in relation to a general election, means a policy that a Parliamentary party has publicly announced it intends to seek to have implemented after the election. > enterprise agreement has the same meaning as in the Fair Work Act 2009. > Executive Agency has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1999. > fair work instrument has the same meaning as in the Fair Work Act 2009. > former Parliamentary Service employee means a person who was, but is no longer, a Parliamentary Service employee. > general election means a general election of the members of the House of Representatives. > independent member, during the caretaker period for a general election, means a person: (a) who is not a member of a Parliamentary party; and (b) who intends to be a candidate in the general election, or in a Senate election held on the same day as the general election, without the endorsement of a political party; and (c) who, immediately before the caretaker period, was a Senator or a Member of the House of Representatives because the person: (i) had been elected to the Senate or the House of Representatives without the endorsement of a political party; or (ii) had been chosen or appointed to fill a casual vacancy to the Senate without the endorsement of a political party. > insolvent under administration means a person who: (a) has become bankrupt; or (b) has applied to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors; or (c) has compounded with his or her creditors; or (d) has assigned his or her remuneration for the benefit of his or her creditors. > Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit means the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit provided for in the Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act 1951. > joint Department means: (a) the Department of Parliamentary Services; or (b) if another Department is designated as the joint Department by the Presiding Officers—that other Department. > Library Committee means the committee or committees of the Houses of Parliament that advise the Presiding Officers in respect of the functions of the Parliamentary Librarian. > Merit Protection Commissioner means the Parliamentary Service Merit Protection Commissioner appointed under this Act. > minimum retiring age means: (a) unless paragraph (b) applies, 55 years; or (b) if a higher or lower age is prescribed by the determinations—that age. > modern award has the same meaning as in the Fair Work Act 2009. > modifications includes additions, omissions and substitutions. > National Employment Standards has the same meaning as in the Fair Work Act 2009. > non‑ongoing APS employee has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1999. > non‑ongoing Parliamentary Service employee means a Parliamentary Service employee who is not an ongoing Parliamentary Service employee. > non‑SES employee means a Parliamentary Service employee other than an SES employee. > ongoing APS employee has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1999. > ongoing Parliamentary Service employee means a person engaged as an ongoing Parliamentary Service employee, as mentioned in paragraph 22(2)(a). > overseas means outside Australia and the Territories. > Parliamentary Budget Office means the Department of the Parliamentary Budget Office established by subsection 64A(1). > Parliamentary Budget Officer means the holder of the office of Parliamentary Budget Officer established by section 64C. > Parliamentary Librarian means the holder of the office of Parliamentary Librarian established under section 38A. > Parliamentary party: (a) means a political party at least one member of which is a member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth; and (b) during a caretaker period for a general election—includes a political party at least one member of which was a member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth immediately before the caretaker period. > Parliamentary Service means the Australian Parliamentary Service established by subsection 9(1). > Parliamentary Service employee means: (a) a person engaged as an employee under section 22; or (b) a person determined under paragraph 72(1)(b) of the Public Service Act 1999 to have become engaged as a Parliamentary Service employee in a Department. > Parliamentary Service employment means employment as a Parliamentary Service employee. > Parliamentary Service Employment Principles means the principles in section 10A. > Parliamentary Service Values means the values in section 10. > political party has the same meaning as in the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918. > polling day, in relation to an election, means the day fixed for polling in the election. > Presiding Officer or Presiding Officers means: (a) where the expression is used in connection with a reference to the Department of the Senate or the Clerk of the Senate—the President of the Senate; or (b) where the expression is used in connection with a reference to the Department of the House of Representatives or the Clerk of that House—the Speaker of the House of Representatives; or (c) otherwise—the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives acting jointly. > relevant Department, in relation to a Secretary, means the Department of which he or she is the Secretary. > Remuneration Tribunal means the Remuneration Tribunal established by the Remuneration Tribunal Act 1973. > responsible Secretaries has the same meaning as in Schedule 1 to the Charter of Budget Honesty Act 1998. > Secretary means the Secretary of a Department and includes the Clerk of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Parliamentary Budget Officer. > Secretary of a Department means: (a) if the Department is the Department of the Senate—the Clerk of the Senate; or (b) if the Department is the Department of the House of Representatives—the Clerk of that House; or (ba) if the Department is the Parliamentary Budget Office—the Parliamentary Budget Officer; or (c) if the Department is another Department—the Secretary of that Department. > Senate election means an election of Senators for a State, the Australian Capital Territory or the Northern Territory. > SES means the Senior Executive Service established by section 35. > SES employee has the meaning given by section 34. > WR Act collective transitional instrument means an award, a collective agreement or a pre‑reform certified agreement (within the meaning of those terms in the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009). > WR Act transitional instrument means an award, a workplace agreement, a pre‑reform certified agreement, an AWA or a pre‑reform AWA (within the meaning of those terms in the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009).