means a non ‐ SES employee who is acting in a position usually occupied by an SES employee.

means:

means:

means:

of a Parliamentary party means:

means an annual Commonwealth budget.

for a general election means the period starting when the House of Representatives expires or is dissolved, and ending:

means one of the following categories:

includes a level.

means rules made under section 23.

means:

means the time when this Act commences.

means the Parliamentary Service Commissioner appointed under this Act.

means a person who was a continuing employee in a former Parliamentary Department for the purposes of Division 10 of Part III of the old Act immediately before the commencing time.

means a person who was an SES officer in a former Parliamentary Department immediately before the commencing time.

, means:

means a Department of the Parliament that is established under this Act.

, during the caretaker period for a general election, means a political party at least 5 members of which were members of the Parliament of the Commonwealth immediately before the caretaker period.

means determinations under this Act other than Part 9.

, in relation to a general election, means a policy that a Parliamentary party has publicly announced it intends to seek to have implemented after the election.