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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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