Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) APS employee;
(b) Code of Conduct;
(c) Department;
(d) ongoing Parliamentary Service employee;
(e) Presiding Officers.
In this instrument:
Aboriginal person has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.
Act means the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.
affected employee has the meaning given by subsection 80(1).
affected former employee has the meaning given by subsection 115(1).
Agency Head has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1999.
APS agency means an Agency within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999.
broadband has the same meaning as in subrule 9(4) of the Parliamentary Service Classification Rules.
classification means:
(a) in relation to a Parliamentary Service employee or Parliamentary Service employment—an approved classification within the meaning of the Parliamentary Service Classification Rules; or
(b) in relation to an APS employee or employment as an APS employee—an approved classification within the meaning of the Public Service Classification Rules 2000 as in force on 1 October 2024.
comparable classification or lower, in relation to an APS employee, has the meaning given by section 6.
debtor means a Secretary, or a Parliamentary Service employee, who owes a judgment debt.
discloser has the same meaning as in the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013.
eligible employee: see subsection 23(9).
employer powers, of a Secretary, means the rights, duties and powers of the Secretary under the Act and instruments (including this instrument) made under the Act.
employment means Parliamentary Service employment.
external review body does not include a court or tribunal.
higher classification, in relation to an APS employee, has the meaning given by section 7.
Independent Selection Advisory Committee or ISAC means an Independent Selection Advisory Committee established under section 102.
intelligence agency means an organisation continued in existence by:
(a) the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979; or
(b) section 16 or 27A of the Intelligence Services Act 2001.
ISAC: see Independent Selection Advisory Committee.
judgment debt has the same meaning as in section 67 of the Act.
medical practitioner means a person who is registered, or licensed, as a health practitioner under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of health practitioners.
net salary of a debtor means the debtor’s total gross salary, less any amount to be deducted:
(a) to pay income tax; or
(b) to pay child support in accordance with the Child Support (Assessment) Act 1989; or
(c) as a contribution that:
(i) the debtor is required to make to a superannuation fund relating to the debtor’s appointment or engagement as a Secretary or a Parliamentary Service employee; and
(ii) is the minimum amount required by law or the rules of the fund.
Parliamentary Service action has the meaning given by subsection 33(7) of the Act.
Parliamentary Service Classification Rules means the Parliamentary Service Classification Rules 2010 as in force on 1 October 2024.
Parliamentary Service Commissioner means the Parliamentary Service Commissioner appointed under the Act.
paying officer, in relation to a debtor, means a person appointed under section 128 for the purpose of making deductions from the debtor’s salary.
personal information has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
PRC: see Promotion Review Committee.
PRC review means review by a Promotion Review Committee under Division 2 of Part 7 of this instrument.
promotion:
(a) means the ongoing assignment of duties to an ongoing Parliamentary Service employee at a higher classification than the employee’s current classification, in the same or another Department; but
(b) does not include:
(i) the allocation of a higher classification within the same broadband in the same Department; or
(ii) the allocation of a classification to a trainee under rule 11 of the Parliamentary Service Classification Rules.
Note: The following are not promotions:
(a) following a voluntary temporary reduction in an ongoing Parliamentary Service employee’s classification—the ongoing assignment of duties to the employee at the original classification;
(b) the temporary assignment of duties to a Parliamentary Service employee at a higher classification than the employee’s current classification.
Promotion Review Committee or PRC means a Promotion Review Committee appointed under section 69.
public interest disclosure has the same meaning as in the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013.
Public Service Gazette means the Australian Public Service Gazette published in electronic form.
Note: The Public Service Gazette is accessible through the APSJobs website (http://www.apsjobs.gov.au).
relevant employment means employment as an ongoing Parliamentary Service employee at a classification mentioned in any of Groups 1 to 6 set out in Schedule 1 to the Parliamentary Service Classification Rules.
relevant Secretary, for a review of a Parliamentary Service action, means:
(a) if the action is action by a Secretary—that Secretary; or
(b) if the action is action by a Parliamentary Service employee—the Secretary of the Department in which the employee was employed at the time of the action.
reviewable action has the meaning given by section 81.
SES vacancy means a vacancy at an SES classification as set out in the Parliamentary Service Classification Rules.
sexually harass has the same meaning as in the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.
Note: Other parts of speech and grammatical forms of “sexually harass” (for example, “sexual harassment”) have a corresponding meaning (see section 18A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).
similar vacancy has the meaning given by section 8.
statutory office holder has the meaning given by subsection 14(3) of the Act.
Torres Strait Islander has the same meaning as in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.
total gross salary of a debtor means the total of:
(a) the amount of the debtor’s gross salary as a Secretary or a Parliamentary Service employee (not including any payment of compensation under the Safety, Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988); and
(b) the amount of the allowances, in the nature of salary, that are paid regularly to the debtor in connection with the debtor’s appointment or engagement as a Secretary or a Parliamentary Service employee;
without any reduction for salary sacrifice arrangements or other arrangements with a similar purpose.
training classification means a classification mentioned in column 2 of Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Service Classification Rules.
tribunal means a tribunal constituted under an enactment.
vacancy: a vacancy exists in a Department when a decision has been made that:
(a) a specified group of duties needs to be performed; and
(b) it is appropriate to consider:
(i) engaging a person to perform the duties; or
(ii) promoting a Parliamentary Service employee to perform the duties; or
(iii) assigning the duties to a Parliamentary Service employee.
work level standards, for a classification, means the work level standards for the classification, as referred to in rule 10 of the Parliamentary Service Classification Rules.
work‑related qualities, in relation to a person, include the following:
(a) the person’s skills and abilities;
(b) the person’s qualifications, training and competencies;
(c) the person’s standard of work performance;
(d) the person’s capacity to produce outcomes by effective performance at the level required;
(e) the person’s relevant personal qualities, such as honesty and integrity;
(f) the person’s potential for further development;
(g) the person’s ability to contribute to team performance.