1936GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, W.A. [7 June 1985.

1936 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, W.A. [7 June 1985. b any deputy, alternate or acting member or the body, and includes a person holding the office of chairman or presi dent or any other office on the body; "prescribed body" means a commission, council, board, committee or other body mentioned in Part 3 of Schedule V to the Consti tution Acts Amendment Act 1899; "public employee" means a person who holds any office or place mentioned in Part 2 of Schedule V to the Constitution Acts Amendment Act 1899. 2 A public employee who nominates as a candidate in an election shall take leave of absence from employment as a public employee, such leave to commence not later than the working day next following the day on which the election period commences and to end not earlier than the day on which the election period ends or, if that day is not a working day, the working day next preceding that day. 3 Notwithstanding anything contained in the Act under which a public employee is appointed or employed- a the employee is hereby authorized to apply for and take; and b the employer of the employee is hereby authorized to grant, leave of absence that is required to be taken under subregulation 2. 4 Leave of absence taken by a public employee under subregulation 2 shall be taken without pay except to the extent that the employee has an accrued entitlement to, and applies for, leave of absence with pay.