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PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SCHEDULE 4
SCHEDULE 4 – Dictionary
"administrative inquiry" see section 88O (1) .
"ambulance service chief executive" ...
"ambulance service officer" , for chapter 6 , see section 186A .
"amending Act" , for chapter 9 , part 5 , see section 256 .
"appeals officer" see section 88A (1) .
"appoint" , a person as a public service officer, means—
(a) for a person
who is not already a public service officer—employ the person as an officer;
or
(b) for a public service officer—promote, transfer or redeploy the
officer.
"appointed commissioner" ...
"appropriately qualified" , in relation to a delegated function or power,
includes having the qualifications, experience or standing to perform the
function or exercise the power. Example of standing— a person’s
classification level in the public service
"approved form" , for chapter 5 , part 6 , division 2 , subdivision 2 , see
section 155A .
"approved leave" means leave approved under an Act or industrial instrument.
"audit office" means the Queensland Audit Office under the
Auditor-General Act 2009 .
"auditor-general" means the Queensland Auditor-General under the
Auditor-General Act 2009 .
"award" see the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , schedule 5 .
"casual employee" means— (a) a person employed under section 147 on a casual
basis; or
(b) a person employed under section 148A .
"casual employment decision" ...
"CCYPCG Act" ...
"CCYPCG commission" ...
"CCYPCG commissioner" ...
"CCYPCG disqualification order" ...
"chairperson" means the chairperson of the commission.
"changes employment" , for chapter 6 , see section 186A .
"chief executive" see section 10 .
"chief executive (communities)" , for chapter 5 , part 6 , division 2 ,
subdivision 2 , see section 155A .
"chief executive (employment screening)" see section 150 .
"child-related duties" , for chapter 5 , part 6 , see section 156 (2) .
"child-related employment screening" , for chapter 5 , part 6 , division 3 ,
see section 157 .
"commencement" — (a) for chapter 9 , part 5 —see section 256 ; or
(b) for
chapter 9 , part 6 —see section 264 .
"commencement" , for chapter 9 , part 7 , see section 268 .
"commission" means the Public Service Commission established under section 43
.
"commission chief executive" see section 56 (1) .
"commissioner" see section 45 .
"commission official" means— (a) a commissioner; or
(b) a staff member of
the commission; or
(c) an agent of the commission or an employee of the State
performing functions for a commission review.
"commission review" see section 37 (1) .
"continuously employed" , in relation to a person employed in a department for
a period, means the person is employed in the department— (a) continuously
as a fixed term temporary employee for the period; or
(b) as a casual
employee on a regular and systematic basis during the period; or
(c)
continuously as an employee mentioned in subparagraphs (i) and (ii) for the
period.
"contract for a fixed term" means a contract that ends on a stated day,
whether or not the contract also provides for its termination by a party
giving to the other party a particular period of notice of termination.
"conversion decision" see section 194 (1) (e) .
"CPOPOA disqualification order" ...
"criminal history" see the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986
, section 3 .
"criminal history report" , for chapter 5 , part 6 , see section 150 .
"current" ...
"current chief executive" , of a public service employee, for chapter 6 , see
section 186A .
"department" see section 7 .
"departmental Minister" means— (a) for a department or public service
office—the Minister administering the department or public service office;
or
(b) for a chief executive—the Minister administering the
chief executive’s department; or
(c) for another
public service employee—the Minister administering the employee’s
department.
"department of communities" , for chapter 5 , part 6 , division 2 ,
subdivision 2 , see section 155A .
"directive" means a directive made under chapter 3 , part 3 .
"disciplinary action" see section 188 (1) .
"disciplinary declaration" — (a) for a disciplinary declaration made under a
public sector disciplinary law, means— (i) a disciplinary declaration made
under— (A) section 188A (7) ; or
(B) the
Police Service Administration Act 1990 , section 7A . 2(2); or
(C) the
Misconduct Tribunals Act 1997 or QCAT Act ; or
(D) the
Crime and Corruption Act 2001 , section 273D ; or
(ii) a declaration under
another public sector disciplinary law that states the disciplinary action
that would have been taken against the person if the person’s employment had
not ended; or
(b) otherwise, means a disciplinary declaration made under
section 188A (7) .
"disciplinary finding" means a finding that a disciplinary ground exists.
"disciplinary ground" means a ground for disciplining a public service officer
under section 187 .
"disciplinary information" see section 188B (3) .
"disciplinary law" means— (a) this Act; or
(b) a disciplinary provision of
an industrial instrument; or
(c) a law prescribed under a regulation.
"disqualification order" ...
"disqualified person" means— (a) a person who holds office as any of the
following— (i) the auditor-general;
(ii) the ombudsman;
(iii) the
integrity commissioner;
(iv) any commission officer under the
Crime and Corruption Act 2001 ;
(v) the information commissioner;
(vi) the
RTI commissioner;
(vii) the privacy commissioner; or
(b) a person who has
been convicted of an indictable offence; or
(c) a person who is or has
been— (i) an insolvent under administration under the Corporations Act ,
section 9 ; or
(ii) disqualified from managing corporations under the
Corporations Act , part 2D .6.
"disqualifying offence" ...
"EEO" means equality of employment opportunity.
"employee complaints directive" ...
"employing chief executive" ...
"employment-screening department" see section 150 .
"engage" — (a) for chapter 5 , part 6 generally—see section 150 ; and
(b)
for chapter 5 , part 6 , division 3 —see also section 157 .
"excluded matter" see section 216 (1) .
"exemption notice" ...
"fair treatment decision" see section 194 (1) (eb) .
"fire service chief executive" ...
"fire service officer" , for chapter 6 , see section 186A .
"fixed term temporary employee" see section 148 (1) .
"former public service employee" , for chapter 6 or 7 , see section 186A .
"former public service officer" ...
"function" , for a provision about a delegation, includes power.
"general employee" means a person employed under section 147 .
"government entity" see section 24 .
"guideline" means a guideline made under chapter 3 , part 3 .
"head" , of a public service office, see section 21 (2) .
"higher classification level" means a classification level that is a higher
classification level under a ruling.
"industrial agreement" ...
"industrial instrument" see the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , schedule 5 .
"industrial matter" see the Industrial Relations Act 2016 , section 9 .
"industrial registrar" means the person appointed under the
Industrial Relations Act 2016 , section 514 .
"industrial relations Minister" means the Minister administering the
Industrial Relations Act 2016 .
"information" , for chapter 3 , part 6 , see section 88H .
"information commissioner" means the information commissioner under the
Right to Information Act 2009 .
"information commission office" ...
"initial review decision" , for chapter 9 , part 7 , see section 268 .
"integrity commissioner" means the Queensland Integrity Commissioner under the
Integrity Act 2009 .
"interest" ...
"investigative information" ...
"IRC" means the commission under the Industrial Relations Act 2016 .
"IRC member" ...
"law" includes an unwritten law.
"lower classification level" means a classification level that is a lower
classification level under a ruling.
"management and employment principles" see section 25 (3) .
"member" ...
"merit principle" see section 27 (1) .
"negative exemption notice" ...
"negative notice" , for chapter 5 , part 6 , division 3 , see section 157 .
"negative prescribed notice" ...
"non-industrial instrument employee" means a person who works as a
public service employee other than under an industrial instrument.
"normal remuneration" , for a public service officer, means all of the
remuneration and other entitlements to which the employee is or would be
entitled, as prescribed under a directive.
"notice" means a notice in writing.
"offender prohibition order" ...
"office of the information commissioner" means the office of the information
commissioner under the Right to Information Act 2009 .
"overall employment conditions" means remuneration and conditions of
employment.
"part 6 directive" , for chapter 5 , part 6 , see section 150 .
"police commissioner" means the commissioner of the police service, under the
Police Service Administration Act 1990 .
"police information" ...
"police information report" ...
"police service" means the Queensland Police Service under the
Police Service Administration Act 1990 .
"positive exemption notice" ...
"positive performance management principles" see section 25A .
"positive prescribed notice" ...
"prescribed employee" , for chapter 6 , see section 186A .
"prescribed notice" ...
"previous chief executive" , for a public service employee, for chapter 6 ,
see section 186A .
"privacy commissioner" means the privacy commissioner under the
Information Privacy Act 2009 .
"promote" , a public service officer, means employ the officer at a higher
classification level, whether or not on different duties, other than
temporarily.
"promotion decision" see section 194 (1) (c) .
"publicly notified" , for a notice, includes that the notice was published in
the gazette or on a department’s website.
"public sector disciplinary law" means— (a) this Act or any repealed Act
regulating the public service; or
(b) the
Police Service Administration Act 1990 or any repealed Act regulating police;
or
(c) the Misconduct Tribunals Act 1997 or QCAT Act ; or
(d) the
Crime and Corruption Act 2001 ; or
(e) a disciplinary provision of an
industrial instrument; or
(f) another Act prescribed under a regulation.
"public service" means the Queensland Public Service.
"public service employee" — 1 Generally, a
"public service employee" is a public service employee as defined under
section 9 (1) .
2 For a particular department, a
"public service employee" is a public service employee as defined under
section 9 (1) whose employment is in that department.
3 For chapter 3 , part
6 , see also section 88H .
"public service office" — 1 Generally, a
"public service office" is a public service office as defined under section 21
(1) .
2 However, for chapter 3 , part 1 , see section 35 .
"public service officer" see section 8 .
"Queensland Public Service" see section 5 .
"redeploy" , a public service officer, means employ the officer, with the
officer’s consent, at a lower classification level, whether or not on
different duties, other than temporarily.
"regulated employment" — (a) for chapter 5 , part 6 —see section 150 ; or
(b) for chapter 9 , part 5 —see section 256 .
"relevant commission officer" , for chapter 6 , see section 186A .
"relevant disqualified person" ...
"relevant duties" , for chapter 5 , part 6 , see section 151 (2) .
"relevant EEO agency" see section 30 (1) .
"remuneration" includes salary.
"RTI commissioner" means the Right to Information commissioner under the
Right to Information Act 2009 .
"ruling" see section 47 (6) .
"same classification level" means a classification level that is the same
classification level under a ruling.
"second" , a public service officer, means temporarily employ the officer—
(a) on different duties at the same classification level; or
(b) at a higher
classification level or lower classification level.
"section 149 directive" , for chapter 9 , part 7 , see section 268 .
"senior appeals officer" ...
"senior executive" means a person employed under this Act as a senior
executive.
"senior IRC member" ...
"senior officer" means a person employed under this Act as a senior officer.
"serious disciplinary action" see section 179A (4) .
"serious offence" ...
"service with the State" , for chapter 5 , part 2 , division 2 , see
section 129 .
"staff members" , of the commission, see section 77 (2) .
"statutory office" means an office established under an Act to which a person
may be appointed only by the Governor in Council or a Minister.
"subsequent review decision" , for chapter 9 , part 7 , see section 268 .
"suspension without pay decision" see section 194 (1) (bb) .
"temporarily" means for a period limited by time, whether or not the time has
been fixed.
"temporary employee" ...
"temporary employment decision" ...
"temporary offender prohibition order" ...
"term appointee" ...
"the State" , for chapter 5 , part 2 , division 2 , see section 129 .
"transfer" , a public service officer, means employ the officer at the same
classification level, on different duties or at a different location, other
than temporarily.
"transfer decision" see section 194 (1) (d) .
"transition period" , for chapter 9 , part 7 , see section 268 .
"unamended Act" , for chapter 9 , part 5 , see section 256 .
"vice-president" ...
"Working with Children Act" see section 150 .
"working with children authority" , for chapter 5 , part 6 , see section 150 .
"work performance information directive" , for chapter 3 , part 6 , see
section 88H .
"work performance matter" , for chapter 3 , part 6 , see section 88H .
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