Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00092:section:7:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2019C00092
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 7 (pt 2/4)
Character Range: 14246–17056

Parliamentary party has publicly announced it intends to seek to have implemented after the election.
enterprise agreement has the same meaning as in the Fair Work Act 2009.
Executive Agency has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1999.
fair work instrument has the same meaning as in the Fair Work Act 2009.
former Parliamentary Service employee means a person who was, but is no longer, a Parliamentary Service employee.
general election means a general election of the members of the House of Representatives.
independent member, during the caretaker period for a general election, means a person:
 (a) who is not a member of a Parliamentary party; and
 (b) who intends to be a candidate in the general election, or in a Senate election held on the same day as the general election, without the endorsement of a political party; and
 (c) who, immediately before the caretaker period, was a Senator or a Member of the House of Representatives because the person:
 (i) had been elected to the Senate or the House of Representatives without the endorsement of a political party; or
 (ii) had been chosen or appointed to fill a casual vacancy to the Senate without the endorsement of a political party.
insolvent under administration means a person who:
 (a) has become bankrupt; or
 (b) has applied to take the benefit of any law for the relief of bankrupt or insolvent debtors; or
 (c) has compounded with his or her creditors; or
 (d) has assigned his or her remuneration for the benefit of his or her creditors.
Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit means the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit provided for in the Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act 1951.
joint Department means:
 (a) the Department of Parliamentary Services; or
 (b) if another Department is designated as the joint Department by the Presiding Officers—that other Department.
Library Committee means the committee or committees of the Houses of Parliament that advise the Presiding Officers in respect of the functions of the Parliamentary Librarian.
Merit Protection Commissioner means the Parliamentary Service Merit Protection Commissioner appointed under this Act.
minimum retiring age means:
 (a) unless paragraph (b) applies, 55 years; or
 (b) if a higher or lower age is prescribed by the determinations—that age.
modern award has the same meaning as in the Fair Work Act 2009.
modifications includes additions, omissions and substitutions.
National Employment Standards has the same meaning as in the Fair Work Act 2009.
non‑ongoing APS employee has the same meaning as in the Public Service Act 1999.
non‑ongoing Parliamentary Service employee means a Parliamentary Service employee who is not an ongoing Parliamentary Service employee.
non‑SES employee means a Parliamentary Service employee other