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PARLIAMENTARY ADMINISTRATION ACT 2005 - SECT 4

Definitions

    (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 of Public Sector Standards Commis-sioner repealed by No. 6/2014 s. 17(1)(a).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



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