Interpretation
3 Interpretation
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:
conditions of employment, in relation to conditions that accrue to an employee by virtue of service with a public employer, means:
recreation leave, long service leave, or sick leave;
an allowance in the nature of a Northern Territory allowance (by whatever name called) or for living in or in a particular place in the Territory;
an airfare entitlement or payment in lieu of an airfare entitlement; or
automatic increments of salary or wages.
employee means a person who is an employee within the meaning of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993, a member of the Police Force, a person otherwise employed by the Territory, or a person employed in or by a body corporate (other than a local government council, the Northern Territory Land Corporation established under the Northern Territory Land Corporation Act 1989, and the Conservation Land Corporation established under the Parks and Wildlife Commission Act 1980) established by a law of the Territory, whether the employee, officer, member, or person was appointed or engaged (or is or was deemed under any Act, award, determination, or other instrument of a legislative or administrative character to have been appointed or engaged) before or after the commencement of this Act, but does not include the following:
a person employed on a casual or temporary basis or for a fixed term;
a Local Court Judge;
a Supreme Court Judge.
public employment means:
employment within the Public Sector of the Northern Territory or the Police Force;
any other employment by the Territory or in or by a body corporate (other than a local government council, the Northern Territory Land Corporation established under the Northern Territory Land Corporation Act 1989, or the Conservation Land Corporation established under the Parks and Wildlife Commission Act 1980) established by a law of the Territory; or
employment within the Public Service of the Commonwealth or an authority of the Commonwealth where the Commonwealth or that authority granted an employee leave of absence without pay from that employment in order to take up public employment under paragraphs (a) or (b), and public employer has a corresponding meaning.
transfer means the movement of an employee from the employment of one public employer to the employment of another public employer.
The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare a person, class, or category of persons to be a person, class, or category of persons to which this Act does, or does not, apply.
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