Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00339:section:4:p3
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2023C00339
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 3/4)
Character Range: 8283–10769

of completed months), the number of months shall be taken to be, where appropriate, a whole number and a fraction.
 (4) For the purposes of references in this Act to a number of years (other than a reference to a number of completed years), the number of years shall be taken to be, where appropriate, a whole number and a fraction.
 (5) For the purposes of this Act, a member of the Defence Force shall be deemed to be employed in the Defence Force, and, in the case of a member not engaged on full‑time service, shall be deemed to be so employed while he or she is performing his or her duties as such a member.
 (6) A reference in this Act to a person who is employed by, remunerated by, in the service of, on loan to or appointed or engaged by the Commonwealth shall be read as including a reference to a person who is employed by, remunerated by, in the service of, on loan to or appointed or engaged by:
 (a) a public authority of the Commonwealth;
 (b) a body (not being a public authority of the Commonwealth) established by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of an internal Territory that is declared by the regulations to be a body to which this subsection applies; or
 (c) a company that:
 (i) is incorporated (whether before or after the commencement of this paragraph) under a law of the Commonwealth or a law in force in a State or Territory;
 (ii) is a trading corporation, or a financial corporation, within the meaning of paragraph 51(xx) of the Constitution; and
 (iii) is declared by the regulations to be a body corporate to which this paragraph applies.
 (7) For the purposes of this Act:
 (b) a member of the Police Force of the Northern Territory shall be deemed to be employed in the Public Service of that Territory.
 (8) Where:
 (a) a provision of a law of the Commonwealth or of an internal Territory, other than an ACT enactment authorizes, whether expressly or otherwise, the Governor‑General or a Minister to grant leave of absence to the holder of an office established by, or of an appointment made under, that law; and
 (b) the holder of the office or appointment is, for the purposes of this Act, to be taken to be employed in Government Service by reason of holding the office or appointment;
  the office is an office, or the appointment is an appointment, as the case may be, to which paragraph (d) of the definition of approving authority in subsection (1) applies.
 (10) For the purposes of this Act, the minimum retiring age of an employee is: