(1) In this Act—
"appropriate Department Head" means—
(a) in relation to a Department—the Department Head; or
(b) in relation to a Parliamentary officer—the Head of the Department in which that officer is employed;
"Assembly" means the Legislative Assembly of Victoria;
Council means the Legislative Council of Victoria;
"Department" means a Department existing by virtue of section 7 ;
"Department Head" means a person employed as a Head of a Department under Division 2 of Part 3;
Parliament means the Parliament of Victoria;
S. 4(1) def. of Parliamentary Budget Officer inserted by No. 27/2017 s. 60(a).
"Parliamentary Budget Officer" has the same meaning as in the Parliamentary Budget Officer Act 2017 ;
S. 4(1) def. of Parliamentary officer amended by No. 27/2017 s. 60(b).
"Parliamentary officer" means a person employed under Part 3 in any capacity and includes a Department Head other than the Parliamentary Budget Officer;
President means President of the Council;
S. 4(1) def. of presiding officer inserted by No. 37/2013 s. 11.
"presiding officer" means—
(a) in relation to the Legislative Council—the President; and
(b) in relation to the Legislative Assembly—the Speaker;
"public entity" has the same meaning as in the Public Administration Act 2004 ;
"public official" has the same meaning as in the Public Administration Act 2004 ;
S. 4(1) def. of Public Sector Standards Commis-sioner repealed by No. 6/2014 s. 17(1)(a).
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"public service body" has the same meaning as in the Public Administration Act 2004 ;
"relevant Presiding Officer" means—
(a) the President, in the case of the Clerk of the Legislative Council or any other Parliamentary officer employed in the Department of the Legislative Council;
(b) the Speaker, in the case of the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly or any other Parliamentary officer employed in the Department of the Legislative Assembly;
(c) the President and the Speaker, in the case of the Secretary of, or any other Parliamentary officer employed in, the Department of Parliamentary Services;
Speaker means Speaker of the Assembly;
S. 4(1) def. of third party amended by Nos 6/2014 s. 17(1)(b), 5/2019 s. 81(3).
"third party" has the same meaning as in the Parliamentary Salaries, Allowances and Superannuation Act 1968 ;
S. 4(1) def. of Victorian Public Sector Commission inserted by No. 6/2014 s. 17(1)(c).
"Victorian Public Sector Commission" means the Victorian Public Sector Commission established under section 37 of the Public Administration Act 2004 .
(2) In this Act—
(a) a reference to a function includes a reference to a power, authority and duty; and
(b) a reference to the exercise of a function includes, where the function is a duty, a reference to the performance of the duty.
Part 2—Values and employment principles