(1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

Agency means a Government department or a State authority or other organisation specified in Column 1 of Schedule 1 ;

appropriate Minister , when used in relation to an Agency, means the Minister for the time being administering that Agency;

Auditor-General means the person holding the office of Auditor-General by virtue of section 9(1) of the Audit Act 2008 ;

award means an award, determination, decision, order or agreement in force under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 of the Commonwealth, the Industrial Relations Act 1984 or any other Act of the Commonwealth or of Tasmania which provides for the determination of conditions of employment of a person;

classification means assignment of a specified salary or salary level, or of a specified status, on a scale described in an award to duties in the State Service;

Code of Conduct means the conduct requirements specified in section 9 ;

complying superannuation scheme has the same meaning as in the Public Sector Superannuation Reform Act 1999 ;

employee means a permanent employee or a fixed-term employee, but does not include a person appointed to an office under section 25 or 31 or a person in respect of whom an arrangement under section 46(1)(a) is in force;

Employer means the Minister administering this Act;

Employment Directions means the directions issued by the Employer under section 17(1) ;

fixed-term employee means a person appointed for a specified term or for the duration of a specified task as referred to in section 37(3)(b) ;

functions includes duties;

Government department means a department established under section 11 ;

Head of Agency means the Head of an Agency referred to in section 30 ;

Head of the State Service means the person appointed and holding office under section 20 ;

officer means a person appointed as a Head of Agency, to a prescribed office or as a senior executive under section 31 ;

performance management plan means a professional development and performance management plan prepared under section 34(1)(g) ;

permanent employee means a person appointed as a permanent employee as referred to in section 37(3)(a) ;

position means an allocation of duties in accordance with section 34(1)(c) ;

promotion means the assignment of duties to a permanent employee, other than for a specified period or for the duration of a specified task, which results in an employee obtaining a higher attainable maximum salary level than the salary level that the employee had immediately before the employee was assigned those duties;

regulations means regulations made and in force under this Act;

salary includes wages;

salary level means, if the salary is within a range of salary, the maximum salary in that range;

senior executive means a person appointed to an office created by the Premier under section 29(4) ;

State authority means a body or authority, whether incorporated or not, which is established or constituted by or under an Act or under the royal prerogative, being a body or authority which, or of which the governing authority, wholly or partly comprises a person or persons appointed by the Governor, a Minister or another State authority, but does not include a Government department;

State Service means the State Service referred to in section 6 ;

State Service Principles means the Principles in section 7 ;

Tasmanian Industrial Commission means the Tasmanian Industrial Commission constituted under section 5 of the Industrial Relations Act 1984 .

(2)  A note in the text of this Act does not form part of this Act.

(3)  In this Act –

this Act , except in section 17 , includes Employment Directions.

(4)  A reference in this Act to employment, in relation to an employee, is a reference to employment in the State Service.

(5)  If there is an inconsistency between a provision of this Act and any other law in force in this State, other than an award, being a law that makes specific provision with respect to the appointment of a person to the State Service or the promotion of a permanent employee, an employee included in a class of employees or any matter relating to the employment of an employee, the provision of that law is to be read subject to the provision of this Act.