Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971

An employee, of a relevant entity, is an individual who has reached 18 years of age and is —

an officer or employee of the relevant entity, whether or not the individual’s work is in connection with any work or activities of the entity that relate to children; or

engaged by the entity to provide services to children, including as a volunteer or contractor; or

engaged by another person or body to provide services to children on behalf of the entity, including as a volunteer or contractor; or

engaged by the entity as a carer (as defined in the CCS Act section 3), whether for payment or not; or

a family day care educator or family day care educator assistant (as those terms are defined in the Education and Care Services National Law (WA) section 5(1)) engaged by or registered with the entity.

For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), if the relevant entity is a religious body, a reference to an officer or employee —

includes a reference to a minister of religion and a religious leader of the religious body; but

does not include a reference to a person only because the person participates in worship.

For the purposes of subsection (1)(a), if the relevant entity is the Police Force of Western Australia, a reference to an officer or employee includes a reference to a person appointed under the Police Act 1892 Part I as an officer or constable of the Police Force.

For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) and (c), a reference to a contractor includes a reference to the following —

an officer of, or a person employed or engaged to work for, a contractor;

a subcontractor of a contractor;

an officer of, or a person employed or engaged to work for, a subcontractor;

a volunteer working for a contractor or a subcontractor.