Definitions
146.1 Definitions
In this Part:
Commonwealth frontline worker has the meaning given by subsection (2).
Commonwealth law enforcement officer means a person who is:
a member or special member of the Australian Federal Police; or
the National Anti‑Corruption Commissioner; or
another staff member of the NACC (within the meaning of the National Anti‑Corruption Commission Act 2022); or
a member of the Board of the Australian Crime Commission established under section 7B of the Australian Crime Commission Act 2002; or
an examiner (within the meaning of that Act); or
a member of the staff of the ACC (within the meaning of that Act); or
the Australian Border Force Commissioner (within the meaning of the Australian Border Force Act 2015); or
a person who is an APS employee in the Department administered by the Minister administering the Australian Border Force Act 2015 and who is in the Australian Border Force (within the meaning of that Act).
fear includes apprehension.
harm means:
physical harm (whether temporary or permanent); or
harm to a person’s mental health (whether temporary or permanent);
but does not include being subjected to a force or impact that is within the limits of what is reasonably acceptable as incidental to:
social interaction; or
life in the community.
harm to a person’s mental health includes significant psychological harm to the person, but does not include a reference to ordinary emotional reactions (for example, distress, grief, fear or anger).
physical harm includes:
unconsciousness; and
pain; and
disfigurement; and
infection with a disease; and
any physical contact with a person that the person might reasonably object to in the circumstances (whether or not the person was aware of it at the time).
serious harm means any harm (including the cumulative effect of more than one harm) that:
endangers, or is likely to endanger, a person’s life; or
is, or is likely to be, significant and longstanding.
A Commonwealth frontline worker is a person:
who is a Commonwealth public official; and
who performs work requiring the person to deal directly (whether or not in person) with the public, or a class of the public, as a primary function of their role; and
who is not a Commonwealth judicial officer or a Commonwealth law enforcement officer.
Without limiting paragraph (2)(b), the regulations may prescribe one or more categories of persons who, for the purposes of that paragraph, are taken to perform work requiring the persons to deal directly with the public, or a class of the public, as a primary function of their role.
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