Definitions
2.4.1 Definitions
In this Part—
classification includes the division, class, subdivision or grade in which an employee or work is placed and the title (if any) by which a position is designated;
employee means an on-going employee or a temporary employee in the teaching service;
S. 2.4.1 def. of executive inserted by No. 70/2008 s. 4(1).
executive means a person employed in the teaching service as an executive;
S. 2.4.1 def. of member of the Executive Class inserted by No. 70/2008 s. 4(1).
member of the Executive Class means a member of the teaching service who holds a position which has been classified to be a position in the Executive Class by the Secretary;
S. 2.4.1 def. of member of the Principal Class amended by No. 70/2008 s. 4(2).
member of the Principal Class means a member of the teaching service who is an on-going employee who holds a position which has been classified to be a position in the Principal Class by the Secretary;
Merit Protection Board means a Merit Protection Board established under Division 7;
on-going employee means a person who is employed in the teaching service with no date fixed for the termination of that employment;
S. 2.4.1 def. of registered substituted by No. 19/2014 s. 40.
registered, in relation to a person employed in the teaching service, means registered under Part 2.6 and includes permitted to teach under Part 2.6 but does not include—
a person who holds non-practising registration under that Part; or
a person who is registered under Division 3A of that Part;
relevant criteria means the criteria specified by Ministerial Order;
teacher means a person employed in the teaching service for teaching in a Government school but does not include a teacher's aide or assistant teacher;
temporary employee means a person engaged in—
a casual position in the teaching service; or
a fixed term position with no entitlement to on-going employment at the end of the fixed term.
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