Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00573:section:4:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00573
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 4 (pt 2/5)
Character Range: 9339–12062

1988.
Commonwealth employee means a person who:
 (a) is appointed or engaged under the Public Service Act 1999;
 (b) holds an administrative office; or
 (c) is employed by a public authority of the Commonwealth; or
 (d) holds an office or appointment in the Commonwealth Teaching Service or is employed as a temporary employee under the Commonwealth Teaching Service Act 1972; or
 (e) is employed under the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 or the Commonwealth Electoral Act 1918; or
 (f) is a member of the Defence Force; or
 (g) is the Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, a Deputy Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police, an AFP employee or a special member of the Australian Federal Police (all within the meaning of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979); or
 (h) is a person employed under the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984.
Note: See also section 124 (Commonwealth taken to be employer of Commonwealth employees).
Commonwealth law means:
 (a) an Act, or a regulation, rule, by‑law or determination made under an Act; or
 (b) an ordinance of a Territory, or a regulation, rule, by‑law or determination made under an ordinance of a Territory; or
 (c) an order or award made under a law referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).
Commonwealth program means a program conducted by or on behalf of the Commonwealth Government.
contract worker means a person who does work for another person under a contract between the employer of the first‑mentioned person and that other person.
Convention means the Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 adopted by the General Conference of the International Labour Organization on 25 June 1958, a copy of the English text of which is set out in Schedule 1 of the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986.
Covenant on Civil and Political Rights means the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, a copy of the English text of which is set out in Schedule 2 of the Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986.
Department means an Agency within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999.
Disabilities Convention means the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, done at New York on 30 March 2007, as in force for Australia.
Note: The text of the Convention is set out in Australian Treaty Series 2008 No. 12 ([2008] ATS 12). In 2008, the text of a Convention in the Australian Treaty Series was accessible through the Australian Treaties Library on the AustLII website (www.austlii.edu.au).
disability, in relation to a person, means:
 (a) total or partial loss of the person's bodily or mental functions; or
 (b) total or partial loss of a part of the body; or
 (c) the presence in the body