Public Service Act 2020

People working in public service - Public service workforce - Public service employees

65: Interpretation

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"What words mean in the Public Service Act 2020"

When you read the Public Service Act 2020, you need to understand what some words mean. The Act says an employee of a department is someone who has a job in a department. This person is appointed to work in that department.

You also need to know what an employee of an interdepartmental venture is. This is someone who has a job in a project that involves more than one department. They are appointed to work on this project.

When the Act talks about a public service employee, it means someone who works in a department or in one of these interdepartmental ventures. This includes people who work in departments and those who work on projects with more than one department. You can think of a public service employee as someone who works for the government in some way.

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Public service workforce: Public service employees

65Interpretation

  1. For the purposes of this Act,—

    employee of a department or employee of the department means a person appointed to a position as an employee in a department

      employee of an interdepartmental venture or employee of the interdepartmental venture means a person appointed to a position as an employee in an interdepartmental venture

        public service employee means an employee of a department or an employee of an interdepartmental venture.