Australian Capital Territory Current Acts Australian Capital Territory Current Acts(1) In this Act:
"head", of a public sector entity, means—
(a) for an ACT public service entity—
Note ACT public service entity —see s 16.
(i) for the public service—the head of service; and
(ii) for an administrative unit—the director-general of the administrative unit; and
(iii) for a statutory office-holder—the statutory office-holder; and
(iv) for a territory authority—the person who has responsibility for managing the affairs of the territory authority; and
(v) for a territory-owned corporation or a subsidiary of a territory-owned corporation—the person who has responsibility for managing the affairs of the territory-owned corporation; and
(vi) for a territory instrumentality—the person who has responsibility for managing the affairs of the territory instrumentality; and
(b) for a Legislative Assembly entity—
Note Legislative Assembly entity —see s 17.
(i) for a member of the Legislative Assembly—the Speaker; and
(ii) for a member of staff of an MLA—the Speaker; and
(iii) for the Office of the Legislative Assembly—the clerk of the Legislative Assembly; and
(iv) for an officer of the Assembly—the officer of the Assembly; and
(v) for a member of staff of an officer of the Assembly—the officer of the Assembly; and
(c) for an entity of a public nature—the person who has responsibility for managing the affairs of the entity.
Note Entity of a public nature —see s 18.
(2) In this section:
"Speaker" includes, if the Speaker is unavailable, the Deputy Speaker.
"unavailable"—the Speaker is unavailable if—
(a) the Speaker is absent from duty; or
(b) there is a vacancy in the office of Speaker; or
(c) the Speaker has an actual or perceived conflict of interest that would prevent the Speaker from properly carrying out the functions of Speaker under this Act; or
(d) the Speaker cannot for any reason exercise the functions of the Speaker.