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MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (STAFF) ACT 1984 - SECT 3

Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

"office-holder" means:

(a)
a person who holds a relevant office;
(aa)
a person, not being a Senator or Member of the House of Representatives, who held the office of Prime Minister; or
(b)
a person in respect of whom a determination by the Prime Minister under section 12 is in force.
"pensioner" means:

(aa)
a person to whom an invalidity pension, within the meaning of the Superannuation Act 1990 is payable; or
(a)
a person to whom an invalidity pension within the meaning of the Superannuation Act 1976 is payable; or
(b)
a person to whom a pension under the Superannuation Act 1922 is payable, being a person who was retired on the ground of invalidity or of physical or mental incapacity to perform the person's duties.
"relevant office" means:

(a)
an office of Minister;
(b)
the office of Leader of the Opposition in the Senate;
(c)
the office of Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives;
(d)
the office of Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate;
(e)
the office of Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives; or
(f)
an office of leader or deputy leader, in a House of the Parliament, of a recognized political party (other than an office that is held by a person who also holds an office referred to in any of the preceding paragraphs of this definition).
"relevant Secretary", in relation to a consultant appointed, or proposed to be appointed, by a Minister, means the Secretary of the Department administered by the Minister or, if there is more than one Department administered by the Minister, whichever Secretary the Minister considers appropriate.


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