Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00749:section:7
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2016C00749
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7
Character Range: 15539–16578

7  Employee
 (1) In this Act, employee means a person (other than an AFP employee) employed by the Commonwealth or by a Commonwealth authority, whether the person is so employed under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, or under a contract of service or apprenticeship.
 (2) Without limiting subsection (1):
 (a) a member of the Parliament; or
 (b) a justice or judge of a federal court; or
 (c) a member of the Defence Force; or
 (d) a person (other than a person mentioned in subsection (3)) who is the holder of:
 (i) an office established by a law of the Commonwealth; or
 (ii) a prescribed office established by a law of a Territory;
is to be taken, for the purposes of this Act, to be employed by the Commonwealth.
 (3) Without limiting subsection (1), a person is to be taken, for the purposes of this Act, to be employed by a Commonwealth authority if:
 (a) the person constitutes, or is a member of, the authority; or
 (b) where the authority is a body corporate—the person is a director of the body corporate.