Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MERIT PROTECTION (AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES) ACT 1984 No. 65, 1984 - SECT 3

3. (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

"Agency" means the Merit Protection and Review Agency;

"authorized person" means-

   (a)  a person appointed by the Agency to be an authorized person for the
        purposes of this Act; or

   (b)  a person included in a class of persons appointed by the Agency to be
        authorized persons for the purposes of this Act;

"Chief Officer" has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1922 ;

"Commonwealth authority" means-

   (a)  a body corporate incorporated, whether before or after the
        commencement of this section, for a public purpose by an Act, by
        regulations made under an Act or by or under a law of a Territory
        (other than the Northern Territory), being a body employing staff on
        its own behalf;

   (b)  an authority or body, not being a body corporate, established, whether
        before or after the commencement of this section, for a public purpose
        by, or in accordance with the provisions of, an Act, regulations made
        under an Act or law of a Territory (other than the Northern
        Territory), being an authority or body employing staff on its own
        behalf;

   (c)  a company or other body corporate incorporated, whether before or
        after the commencement of this section, under a law of the
        Commonwealth, of a State or of a Territory, being a company or other
        body corporate in which the Commonwealth has a controlling interest;
        or

   (d)  an authority or body established, whether before or after the
        commencement of this section and whether by, or in accordance with the
        provisions of, an Act, regulations made under an Act or a law of a
        Territory or otherwise, and whether a body corporate or not, being an
        authority or body that is financed in whole or in substantial part,
        either directly or indirectly, by money provided by the Commonwealth
        and employs staff on its own behalf;

"Commonwealth employee" means a person who is-

   (a)  an officer or employee within the meaning of the Public Service Act
        1922; or

   (b)  employed by a Commonwealth authority;

"Department" has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1922;

"Director" means the Director of the Agency;

"enactment" means-

   (a)  an Act;

   (b)  an Ordinance of the Australian Capital Territory; or

   (c)  an instrument (including determinations, rules, regulations or
        by-laws) made under an Act or such an Ordinance;

"full-time member" means a member who is appointed on a full-time basis;

"industrial award" has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1922;

"member" means a member of the Agency and includes the Director;

"officer" has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1922;

"part-time member" means a member who is appointed on a part-time basis;

"Public Service Board" means the Board of Commissioners appointed in pursuance
of the Public Service Act 1922;

"Secretary" has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1922;

"the Service" has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1922.

(2) A reference in this Act to an action taken or a decision made in relation
to a Commonwealth employee in relation to his employment as a
Commonwealth employee shall be read as including a reference to an action
taken or a decision made in relation to the employee in relation to a matter
that is incidental or ancilliary to that employment.