Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00183:clause:1_93a
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2007C00183
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 93A
Character Range: 172108–174455

93A  Definitions

  In this Division:

authorised leave means leave, or an absence, whether paid or unpaid, that is authorised:
 (a) by an employee's employer; or
 (b) by or under a term or condition of an employee's employment; or
 (c) by or under a law, or an instrument in force under a law, of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.

carer's leave has the meaning given by paragraph 93D(b).

child includes the following:
 (a) an adopted child;
 (b) a stepchild;
 (c) an exnuptial child;
 (d) an adult child.

compassionate leave has the meaning given by subsection 93Q(1).

continuous service, in relation to a period of an employee's service with an employer, means service with the employer as an employee (other than a casual employee) during the whole of the period, including (as a part of the period) any period of authorised leave.

de facto spouse, of an employee, means a person of the opposite sex to the employee who lives with the employee as the employee's husband or wife on a genuine domestic basis although not legally married to the employee.

employee, when used in a provision of this Division, means an employee to whom the provision applies under section 93.

immediate family: the following are members of an employee's immediate family:
 (a) a spouse, child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of the employee;
 (b) a child, parent, grandparent, grandchild or sibling of a spouse of the employee.

medical certificate means a certificate signed by a registered health practitioner.

nominal hours worked has the meaning given by section 93AA.

Note: See also section 93C.

permissible occasion, for unpaid carer's leave, has the meaning given by subsection 93J(1).

personal/carer's leave has the meaning given by section 93D.

piece rate employee means an employee who is paid a piece rate of pay within the meaning of section 90B.

registered health practitioner means a health practitioner registered, or licensed, as a health practitioner (or as a health practitioner of a particular type) under a law of a State or Territory that provides for the registration or licensing of health practitioners (or health practitioners of that type).

sick leave has the meaning given by paragraph 93D(a).

spouse includes the following:
 (a) a former spouse;
 (b) a de facto spouse;
 (c) a former de facto spouse.