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"CEO " means the Chief Executive Officer of the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service.
"Commonwealth entity " has the same meaning as in the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 .
"Commonwealth judicial officer " means:
(a) a Justice of the High Court; or
(b) a judge or justice of a court created by the Parliament.
"Commonwealth parliamentary workplace " means:
(a) a place in the precincts (within the meaning of the Parliamentary Precincts Act 1988 ); or
(b) premises provided or paid for under the Parliamentary Business Resources Act 2017 ; or
(c) any other place where a Commonwealth parliamentary workplace participant performs duties as a Commonwealth parliamentary workplace participant .
"Commonwealth parliamentary workplace participant " means:
(a) a core participant; or
(b) a non-core participant.
(a) a parliamentarian; or
(b) a MOPS employee; or
(c) a Parliamentary Service employee; or
(d) an APS employee whose predominant place of work as an APS employee is a place covered by paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of Commonwealth parliamentary workplace in this section; or
(e) a person employed by the Commonwealth as a driver to provide the car-with-driver transport service known as COMCAR, to the extent the person's duties relate to parliamentarians; or
(f) a designated worker.
Note: APS employee is defined in the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 .
"designated worker " means a worker (within the meaning of the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 ) who:
(a) carries out work in any capacity for a business or undertaking of the Commonwealth constituted by the provision of support to a parliamentarian; and
(b) carries out the work mentioned in paragraph (a) predominantly at a place covered by paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of Commonwealth parliamentary workplace in this section; and
(c) is not a parliamentarian, MOPS employee, Parliamentary Service employee, APS employee or a person covered by paragraph (e) of the definition of core participant in this section.
"election period " : see subsection 6(3).
"independent member " means a member of the PWSS Consultative Committee who is not a parliamentarian or a MOPS employee.
"mandatory education or training program " : see paragraph 18(2)(a).
"mandatory policy or procedure " : see subsection 17(3).
"member " of the PWSS Advisory Board includes the Chair of the PWSS Advisory Board.
"MOPS employee " means a person who is employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 .
"non-core participant " means a person, other than a core participant, who performs work (whether or not paid work) predominantly at a place covered by paragraph (a) or (b) of the definition of Commonwealth parliamentary workplace in this section.
"paid work " means work for financial gain or reward (whether as an employee, a self-employed person or otherwise).
"parliamentarian " : see section 6.
"Parliamentary party " means a political party (within the meaning of the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918 ) at least one member of which is a member of the Parliament of the Commonwealth.
"Parliamentary Service employee " has the same meaning as in the Parliamentary Service Act 1999 .
"personal information " has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988 .
"public report " means a report under section 22 that is published by the PWSS on its website.
"PWSS " means the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service established by section 12.
"PWSS Advisory Board " means the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Advisory Board established by section 42.
"PWSS Consultative Committee " means the Parliamentary Workplace Support Service Consultative Committee established by section 57.
"PWSS rules" means rules made under section 69.
"relevant conduct " is conduct engaged in by a person that consists of any of the following:
(a) sexual assault;
(b) assault;
(c) sexual harassment;
(d) harassment;
(e) another person being bullied at work (within the meaning of the Fair Work Act 2009 );
(f) unreasonable behaviour towards another person that creates a risk to work health or safety;
(g) conduct that breaches a code of conduct, or a part of a code of conduct, that is prescribed by the PWSS rules.
"staff of the PWSS " means the staff described in section 38.
"vacancy " , in relation to the office of a member of the PWSS Advisory Board, has a meaning affected by section 7.