Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (SUPERANNUATION BENEFITS) ACT 1989 - SECT 7

             (1)  In this Act, employee means a person (other than an AFP employee) employed by the Commonwealth or by a Commonwealth authority, whether the person is so employed under a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or Territory, or under a contract of service or apprenticeship.

             (2)  Without limiting subsection (1):

                     (a)  a member of the Parliament; or

                     (b)  a justice or judge of a federal court (other than the Federal Magistrates Court); or

                   (ba)  a Federal Magistrate; or

                     (c)  a member of the Defence Force; or

                     (d)  a person (other than a person mentioned in subsection (3)) who is the holder of:

                              (i)  an office established by a law of the Commonwealth; or

                             (ii)  a prescribed office established by a law of a Territory;

is to be taken, for the purposes of this Act, to be employed by the Commonwealth.

             (3)  Without limiting subsection (1), a person is to be taken, for the purposes of this Act, to be employed by a Commonwealth authority if:

                     (a)  the person constitutes, or is a member of, the authority; or

                     (b)  where the authority is a body corporate--the person is a director of the body corporate.