3.
Definitions
In this
Act—
“agency”
includes—
(a) a unit of the public sector;
and
(b) the Police Service;
and
(c) a person or body that is
prescribed by regulation;
but does not include an
agency that is exempted under section 25;
“Anti-Discrimination
Tribunal” means the Anti-Discrimination Tribunal established under the
Anti-Discrimination Act 1991;
“chief
executive”—
(a) in relation to an agency that is a
unit of the public sector because it is a department—means the chief executive
in control of the department within the meaning of section 11 of the Public
Service Management and Employment Act 1988; and
(b) in relation to the Police
Service—means the Commissioner of the Police Service within the meaning of the
Police Service Administration Act 1990; and
(c) in relation to any other
agency—means the person who is the most senior person within the management of
the agency;
“Commissioner for Public
Sector Equity” means the Commissioner for Public Sector Equity appointed under
section 5.2 of the Public Sector Management Commission Act
1990;
“department” has the meaning
given in section 4(1) of the Public Service Management and Employment Act
1988;
“EEO management plan” means
an equal employment opportunity management plan required by section
6;
“employee” means an
individual appointed or engaged—
(a) under a contract of service
(including on a full-time, part-time, permanent, casual or temporary basis);
or
(b) under a statutory appointment;
“employment matters”
means—
(a) recruitment procedure, and
selection criteria, for appointment or engagement of people as employees;
or
(b) promotion and transfer of
employees; or
(c) training and staff
development for employees; or
(d) terms and conditions of service and
separation of employees; or
(e) any other matter relating to the
employment of employees;
“next reporting period”, in
relation to a report, means the period of 1 year following the reporting period
in relation to the report;
“Police Service” has the
meaning given by section 1.4(1) of the Police Service Administration Act
1990;
“Public Sector Management
Commission” has the meaning given by the Public Sector Management Commission Act
1990;
“reporting period”, in
relation to a report, means—
(a) unless the Commissioner for Public
Sector Equity authorises a different period under section 14(5)—the financial
year before the making of the report; or
(b) the period authorised by the
Commissioner for Public Sector Equity under section
14(5);
“separation” includes
voluntary and involuntary separation of a person from an
agency;
“target group”
means—
(a) people of the Aboriginal race of
Australia or people who are
descendants of the indigenous inhabitants of the Torres Strait Islands; or
(b) people who have migrated to
Australia and whose first language is
a language other than English, and the children of those people;
or
(c) people with a physical,
sensory, intellectual or psychiatric disability (whether the disability
presently exists or previously existed but no longer exists);
or
(d) women;
or
(e) a group of people that is
prescribed by regulation;
“trade union”
means—
(a) an industrial organisation within
the meaning of section 2.1(1) of the Industrial Relations Act 1990 that is an
association of employees; or
(b) an organisation of employees
registered under the Industrial Relations Act 1988 of the
Commonwealth;
“unit of the public sector”
has the meaning given by section 1.3 of the Public Sector Management Commission
Act 1990;
“unlawful discrimination”
means discrimination that is unlawful under the Anti-Discrimination Act
1991;
“woman” means a person of the
female sex irrespective of age.
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