Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01158:reg:2:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C01158
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 5/12)
Character Range: 244788–247643

sector employment

Employment or service that is public sector employment
 (1) For paragraph 795(4)(h) of the Act, each of the following laws is prescribed:
 (aa) the Australian Civilian Corps Act 2011;
 (a) the Australian Federal Police Act 1979;
 (b) the Governor‑General Act 1974;
 (c) the Naval Defence Act 1910;
 (d) the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984.

Employment or service that is not public sector employment
 (2) For paragraph 795(5)(a) of the Act, a member of the Defence Force is prescribed.
 (3) For paragraph 795(5)(a) of the Act, a member of the Police Force of the Northern Territory is prescribed.
 (4) For paragraph 795(5)(a) of the Act, a person who:
 (a) holds an office established under a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory; but
 (b) is not a person who, otherwise than in his or her capacity as the holder of that office, is employed or serves in a capacity described in paragraphs 795(4)(a) to (h) of the Act;
is prescribed.
Example: An APS employee who also holds a part‑time statutory office, or who is granted leave without pay from his or her APS employment in order to take up a full‑time statutory office.
 (5) For paragraph 795(5)(b) of the Act, the Correctional Services Act 2014 (NT) is prescribed.

6.09  Public sector employer to act through employing authority—meaning of employing authority
  For subsection 795(6) of the Act, the employing authority of a person mentioned in an item of Schedule 6.3 is:
 (a) the person or body mentioned in the item as the employing authority; or
 (b) each person or body mentioned in the item as the employing authority.

6.10  No action for defamation in certain cases
 (1) No action or proceeding, civil or criminal, for defamation lies against the Commonwealth or an electoral official conducting, on behalf of the Australian Electoral Commission, a protected action ballot under the Act in relation to the printing or issuing of a document or other material by the electoral official.
 (2) If the document or other material mentioned in subregulation (1) is printed by another person, no action or proceeding, civil or criminal, for defamation lies against that person in relation to the printing.

Chapter 7—Transitional provisions

Part 7‑1—Amendments made by the Fair Work Amendment (Notice of Employee Representational Rights) Regulations 2017

7.01  Application of amendments—notice of employee representational rights
  The amendments made by Schedule 1 to the Fair Work Amendment (Notice of Employee Representational Rights) Regulations 2017 apply in relation to a notice of employee representational rights given under subsection 173(1) of the Fair Work Act 2009 after the commencement of that Schedule.

Part 7‑2—Amendments made by the Fair Work Amendment (Corrupting Benefits) Regulations 2017

7.02  Application of amendments—disclosure of benefits