114   Definitions

(1988 Act, s 89)

(1)  In this Chapter:

term appointee means a person appointed by the Governor or a Minister to a statutory office where the Act concerned provides that the holder of the office holds it for a term specified in the Act, in the instrument of appointment or in another instrument.

(2)  For the purposes of this Chapter, a person is not a term appointee merely because an Act provides that the person ceases to hold office on reaching a particular age.

(3)  A reference in this Chapter to:

(a)  employment in the public sector is a reference to employment:

(i)  as an officer of the Public Service or the Teaching Service, or

(ii)  as a member of the NSW Police Force, or

(iii)  as a member of staff of a Division of the Government Service referred to in Part 2 of Schedule 1, or

(iv)  in the service of a public authority established by or under an Act, and

(b)  engagement in the public sector is a reference to employment in the public sector or to holding a statutory office.

(4)  The positions of director or chief executive officer of a statutory State owned corporation are statutory offices for the purposes of this Chapter.