Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01251:reg:5:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01251
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 5 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 8496–11501

5  Definitions
Note: A number of expressions used in this instrument are defined in the Act, including the following:
(a) Agency;
(b) Agency Head;
(c) APS employee;
(d) APS Employment Principles;
(e) APS Values;
(f) Classification Rules;
(g) Code of Conduct;
(h) non‑ongoing APS employee;
(i) ongoing APS employee;
(j) SES employee.
  In this instrument:
Aboriginal person means a person of the Aboriginal race of Australia.
Act means the Public Service Act 1999.
broadband has the same meaning as in subrule 9(4) of the Classification Rules.
classification means an approved classification within the meaning of the Classification Rules.
classification group has the same meaning as in the Classification Rules, as in force from time to time.
disability employment service provider means an organisation that facilitates access to employment for persons with disability.
eligible employee: see subsection 25(9).
employee choice notification: see subsection 25A(1).
employment arrangement means any of the following:
 (a) a fair work instrument (within the meaning of the Fair Work Act 2009);
 (b) a transitional instrument (within the meaning of the Fair Work (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 2009);
 (c) a determination under subsection 24(1) or (3) of the Act;
 (d) a written contract of employment.
Independent Selection Advisory Committee has the same meaning as in the Regulations.
intelligence agency means an organisation continued in existence by:
 (a) the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979; or
 (b) section 16 or 27A of the Intelligence Services Act 2001.
merit: see subsection 10A(2) of the Act.
ongoing Parliamentary Service employee has the same meaning as in the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.
Parliamentary Service employee has the same meaning as in the Parliamentary Service Act 1999.
PRC review means review by a Promotion Review Committee under Division 2 of Part 4 of the Regulations.
promotion, for an ongoing APS employee, see section 6.
Promotion Review Committee or PRC has the same meaning as in the Regulations.
Public Service Gazette means the Gazette published in electronic form.
Note: The Public Service Gazette may be accessed at https://www.apsjobs.gov.au.
redundancy benefit: see subsection 66(2).
Regulations means the Public Service Regulations 2023.
SES vacancy: see section 8.
sexually harass has the meaning given by section 28A of the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.
Note: Other parts of speech and grammatical forms of "sexually harass" (for example, "sexual harassment") have a corresponding meaning (see section 18A of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901).
similar vacancy: see section 9.
Torres Strait Islander means a descendant of an Indigenous inhabitant of the Torres Strait Islands.
Torres Strait Regional Authority means the Authority established by section 142 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2005.
training classification has the same meaning as in the Classification Rules.
vacancy: see section