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Provision Reference: s 12
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12  Meaning of staff member—Commonwealth agencies
 (1) The following are staff members of a Commonwealth agency:
 (a) in the case of a parliamentary office—an individual who is employed by the parliamentarian under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984;
 (b) in the case of an agency other than a parliamentary office—the head of the agency;
 (c) if the agency is a Commonwealth entity—an official (within the meaning of the PGPA Act) of the entity;
 (d) in any case—an individual who is employed by, or engaged in assisting:
 (i) the agency; or
 (ii) a staff member of the agency on behalf of the agency or the Commonwealth;
 (e) a director or officer of the following:
 (i) a Commonwealth company;
 (ii) a subsidiary of a corporate Commonwealth entity or a Commonwealth company;
 (f) if the agency is responsible for administering a Commonwealth contract—an individual who is either of the following:
 (i) a contracted service provider for the contract;
 (ii) both an officer or employee of a contracted service provider for the contract and someone who provides goods or services for the purposes (whether direct or indirect) of the contract;
 (g) in any case—a secondee to the agency.
 (2) However, if a Commonwealth agency is covered by an item of the following table then the staff members of the agency are the persons mentioned in paragraphs (1)(b), (f) and (g) and the persons mentioned in column 2 of that item.

Staff members for certain Commonwealth agencies
Item                                             Column 1                                                         Column 2

                                                 Agency                                                           Staff members