New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT ACT 2002 - SECT 3

3 Definitions

(1) In this Act:
"appropriate Division Head" means:

(a) where the expression is used in connection with a Division of the Government Service-the Head of the Division, or

(b) where the expression is used in connection with a member of the staff of a Division of the Government Service-the Head of the Division to which the member of staff belongs.

Note: In the case of a Division that is designated as a Department of the Public Service (see section 6), the term "appropriate Department Head" is also used in this Act.

"chief executive position" means a position referred to in section 64 and "chief executive officer" means a person holding such a position.
"Department" -see section 6.
"Director of Public Employment" -see section 121.
"Division" of the Government Service-see section 4C.
"Division Head" means a Division Head referred to in section 4D.
"exercise" a function includes perform a duty.
"extended leave" includes leave in the nature of extended leave.
"function" includes a power, authority or duty.
"Government Service" means the Government Service of New South Wales referred to in section 4A.
"member of staff" of a Division means a member of the group of staff comprising the Division (whether employed as an officer, temporary employee, casual employee or in any other capacity).
"member of the Government Service" means a member of staff of any Division of the Government Service.
"public sector service" means any of the following:

(a) the Government Service,

(b) the Teaching Service,

(c) the NSW Police Force,

(d) the NSW Health Service,

(e) the service of either House of Parliament, or the President or Speaker, or the President and the Speaker jointly,

(f) any other service of the Crown,

(g) the service of any other person or body constituted by or under an Act or exercising public functions (such as a State owned corporation), being a person or body that is prescribed, or that is of a class prescribed, for the purposes of this definition.

"Public Service" -see section 6.

Note: The Public Service comprises the Divisions of the Government Service specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1.

"senior executive position" means a position referred to in section 65 and "senior executive officer" means a person holding such a position.

(2) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this Act.