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Public Service Act 1922
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##### 82 Interpretation
(1) In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears:
> ability, means skills, aptitude, qualifications or experience, or any combination of any of them.
> continuing employee means a person employed under section 82AC.
> fixed‑term employee means a person employed under section 82AE.
> overseas employee means a person employed under section 82AF.
> short‑term employee means a person employed under section 82AD.
(2) For the purposes of this Division:
(a) the definition of relevant staff organization in subsection 7(1) has effect as if references in that definition to an office were references to employment in a particular capacity; and
(b) a reference to the principal relevant staff organization, in relation to employment in a particular capacity, is a reference to the relevant staff organization that is declared by the regulations to be the principal relevant staff organization in relation to employment in that capacity.