7Definitions

7 Definitions

Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including office and public office.

In this instrument:

agency, of an office holder, means:

(a) the agency to which the office holder is attached; or
(b) if the office holder is not attached to an agency—the portfolio Department.

authority is the body or office to which an office holder is appointed.

authority business means any authority business conducted by an office holder with the authority’s approval, but does not include the following:

(a) attendance at a formal meeting;
(b) official travel time on a meeting day;
(c) normal preparation time for a formal meeting (although time spent by the office holder preparing for a formal meeting may be treated as authority business if the Chair considers the time excessive to normal preparation time).

employing authority, in relation to an office holder, means an entity exercising a power or performing a function in relation to the office holder’s employment or remuneration.

fringe benefits tax means fringe benefits tax (within the meaning of the Fringe Benefits Tax Assessment Act 1986 as it applies of its own force or because of the Fringe Benefits Tax (Application to the Commonwealth) Act 1986).

normal preparation time means the time that a member of an authority (including the Chair or a Deputy Chair) ordinarily requires to prepare for a meeting of the authority. It can occur on either a day of a meeting or on another day.

office holder means the holder of a part‑time public office.

official travel determination means the Remuneration Tribunal (Official Travel) Determination 2018 (or any determination that supersedes that determination).

official travel time is the reasonable period, certified by a Chair, that an office holder spends travelling on official business away from the town or city in which the office holder’s principal place of residence is located. It does not include time spent travelling between an office holder’s home and principal place of work. The Chair may consider agency travel guidelines (if any) when determining the reasonable period.

specified professional committee means a professional committee specified in Table 4C.