(1) In this Division, unless the contrary intention appears:
"appropriate authority of the Northern Territory" means a person authorized by a law of the Northern Territory, or by a delegation given under such a law, to appoint persons to be officers of the Teaching Service of the Northern Territory;
"transferred employee" means a temporary employee of the Commonwealth Teaching Service who is transferred to the Teaching Service of the Northern Territory under section 43T;
"transferred officer" means an officer of the Commonwealth Teaching Service who is transferred to the Teaching Service of the Northern Territory under section 43T.
(2) A person who becomes a transferred officer upon being transferred to the Teaching Service of the Northern Territory under section 43T continues tobe a transferred officer for the purposes of this Division until he ceases to be employed in the Teaching Service of the Northern Territory.