Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00724:section:5:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00724
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 5 (pt 2/5)
Character Range: 18600–21477

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.
court/tribunal order has the same meaning as in the Privacy Act 1988.
decision‑maker for a conduct issue: see subsection 24CT(2).
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 person covered by paragraphs (a) to (e) of the definition of core participant in this section.
detriment includes (without limitation) any of the following:
 (a) dismissal of an employee;
 (b) injury of an employee in their employment;
 (c) alteration of an employee's position to their disadvantage;
 (d) discrimination between an employee and other employees of the same employer;
 (e) harassment or intimidation of a person;
 (f) harm or injury to a person, including psychological harm;
 (g) damage to a person's property;
 (h) damage to a person's reputation;
 (i) damage to a person's business or financial position;
 (j) any other damage to a person.
election period: see subsection 6(3).
employer, for a respondent, means:
 (a) if the respondent is a MOPS employee—the employing individual (within the meaning of the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984) for the respondent; or
 (b) otherwise—the person who employs the respondent in the respondent's capacity as a Commonwealth parliamentary workplace participant.
engage in conduct means:
 (a) do an act; or
 (b) omit to perform an act.
entrusted person means:
 (a) the CEO; or
 (b) a Commissioner; or
 (c) a person referred to in section 40A (persons assisting the IPSC); or
 (d) a person referred to in section 40B (consultants).
final report means a report prepared under section 24CZ.
identifying information means information that identifies, or is likely to enable the identification of, a person.
independent member means a member of the PWSS Consultative Committee who is not a parliamentarian or a MOPS employee.
investigating Commissioner for a conduct issue: see subsection 24CD(2).
IPSC means the Independent Parliamentary Standards Commission established by section 24B.
IPSC public statement means a statement under Division 7 of Part 2A.
legal practitioner means a barrister, a solicitor, a barrister and solicitor or a legal practitioner of the High Court or of the Supreme Court of a State or Territory.
mandatory education or training program: see paragraph 18(2)(a).
mandatory