5Definitions

5 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:

(a) Agency Head;
(b) APS employment;
(c) Classification Rules;
(d) Code of Conduct;
(e) Commissioner’s Directions;
(ea) former Agency Head;
(eb) former APS employee;
(f) Merit Protection Commissioner.

In this instrument:

Act means the Public Service Act 1999.

action has the meaning given by subsection 33(7) of the Act.

affected employee has the meaning given by subsection 36(1).

affected former employee has the meaning given by subsection 73(1).

APS action has the meaning given by subsection 33(7) of the Act.

Australian Public Service Commissioner means the Australian Public Service Commissioner appointed under the Act.

classification means:

(a) in relation to an APS employee or APS employment—an approved classification within the meaning of the Classification Rules; or
(b) in relation to a Parliamentary Service employee—an approved classification within the meaning of the Parliamentary Service Classification Rules 2010 as in force at the commencement of this instrument.

debtor means any of the following who owes a judgment debt:

(a) a Secretary;
(b) the Head of an Executive Agency;
(c) an APS employee.

discloser has the same meaning as in the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2013.

employer powers, for an Agency Head, means the rights, duties and powers of the Agency Head under the Act and instruments made under the Act.

employment means APS employment.

employment arrangement means any of the following:

(a) a fair work instrument;
(b) a transitional instrument;
(c) a determination made under subsection 24(1) or (3) of the Act;
(d) a written contract of employment.

external review body does not include a court or tribunal.

higher classification, in relation to an ongoing Parliamentary service employee, has the meaning given by section 6.