3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

(1)  In these regulations –

Act means the State Service Act 2000 ;

carer’s leave, in relation to an employee or officer, means leave granted to the employee or officer to enable the employee or officer to care for a relative of the employee or officer, or a member of the employee’s or officer’s household, who –

(a) is sick and requires care and support; or

(b) requires care due to an unexpected emergency;

dependant, in relation to an employee, means –

(a) a relative of the employee who –

(i) normally resides with the employee; and

(ii) is wholly or substantially dependent on the employee for financial support; and

(b) a person who –

(i) is not a relative of the employee; and

(ii) normally resides with the employee and has done so for a period of at least 12 months; and

(iii) is wholly or substantially dependent on the employee for financial support;

dwelling includes any residential accommodation, of a kind commonly known as a flat or home unit, that is, or is intended to be, a separate tenement;

new locality, in relation to an employee, means the locality to which the employee relocates as a result of an assignment of duties to the employee;

old locality, in relation to an employee, means the locality from which the employee relocates as a result of an assignment of duties to the employee;

personal leave means sick leave or carer’s leave;