1 Definitions
(a) "Commissioner" means the Public Service Commissioner
appointed pursuant to this Act;
(b) "department" means
(i) a department of the Gover nment or of the public service
of Alberta established under the Government
Organization Act,
(ii) a part of the public servi ce of Alberta that is not part of a
department referred to in subclause (i) and that is
designated as a department for the purposes of this Act
by the Lieutenant Governor in Council, or
(iii) the Legislativ e Assembly Office,
and includes, as the case may be, the part of a department
(iv) administered by a department head referred to in clause
(c)(viii)(B), or
(v) for which a deputy head referred to in clause (d)(viii)(B)
is responsible to the department head;
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(c) "department head" means
(i) the Speaker with respect t o the Legislative Assembly
Office,
(ii) the Auditor General with r espect to the Office of the
Auditor General,
(iii) the Ombudsman with res pect to the Office of the
Ombudsman,
(iv) the Chief Elect oral Officer with respect to the Office of
the Chief Electoral Officer,
(iv.1) repealed 2019 c15 s37,
(v) the Ethics Commissioner w ith respect to the Office of
the Ethics Commissioner,
(vi) the Information and Priv acy Commissioner with respect
to the Office of the Information and Privacy
Commissioner,
(vi.1) the Child and Youth Advo cate with respect to the Office
of the Child and Youth Advocate,
(vi.2) the Public Interest Co mmissioner with respect to the
Office of the Public Interest Commissioner,
(vii) the chair of the Labour Relations Board with respect to
the staff of that Board, or
(viii) with respect to any other department,
(A) the member of the Executive Council having the
administration of the department, or
(B) where the administration of the department is
assigned to 2 or more members of the Executive
Council, each member with respect to the part of the
department over which that member has the
administration;
(d) "deputy head" means
(i) the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly with respect to the
Legislative Assembly Office,
(ii) the Auditor General with r espect to the Office of the
Auditor General,
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(iii) the Ombudsman with res pect to the Office of the
Ombudsman,
(iv) the Chief Elect oral Officer with respect to the Office of
the Chief Electoral Officer,
(iv.1) repealed 2019 c15 s37,
(v) the Ethics Commissioner w ith respect to the Office of
the Ethics Commissioner,
(vi) the Information and Priv acy Commissioner with respect
to the Office of the Information and Privacy
Commissioner,
(vi.1) the Child and Youth Advo cate with respect to the Office
of the Child and Youth Advocate,
(vi.2) the Public Interest Co mmissioner with respect to the
Office of the Public Interest Commissioner,
(vii) the chair of the Labour Relations Board with respect to
the staff of that Board, or
(viii) with respect to any other department,
(A) the chief officer of the department, or
(B) if there is more than one chief officer of the
department, the chief officer of that part of the
department for which that chief officer is responsible
to the department head;
(e) "employee" means a person a ppointed to a position pursuant
to this Act;
(f) "Minister" means the Minister determined under section 16
of the Government Organization Act as the Minister
responsible for this Act.
RSA 2000 cP-42 s1;2011 cC-11.5 s34;2012 cP-39.5 s60;
2018 c11 s17;2019 c15 s37