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PARENTAL LEAVE (PRIVATE SECTOR EMPLOYEES) ACT 1992 (NO. 59 OF 1992) - SECT 3
Interpretation
3. In this Act, unless the contrary intention
appears—“authority” means—
(a) a body (whether incorporated or not) established for a
public purpose by or under a law of the Commonwealth, the Territory, a State
or another Territory;
(b) the
holder of an office established for a public purpose by or under a law of the
Commonwealth, the Territory, a State or another Territory; and
(c) an incorporated company over which the
Commonwealth, the Territory, a State, another Territory or a body referred to
in paragraph (a) is in a position to exercise control;
“award” has
the same meaning as in section 4 of the Industrial Relations Act 1988 of the
Commonwealth;
“employee” means a person who is employed—
(a) under a contract of service or
apprenticeship on a full-time or part-time basis; or
(b) under a contract for services;
“parental
leave” means an entitlement in respect of maternity leave, paternity
leave or adoption leave, as the case requires, including an entitlement to
engage in part-time employment in connection with the birth or adoption of a
child, being an entitlement of the kind provided for in the Parental Leave
Case decision;
“Parental Leave Case decision” means the decision
of the Full Bench of the Australian Industrial Relations Commission given in
Melbourne on 26 July 1990 in the Parental Leave Test Case;
“relevant
employer” means a natural person, or a body or association (whether
incorporated or not) that employs one or more employees in the Territory but
does not include the Commonwealth, the Territory, a State, another Territory
or an authority.
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