Extended ordinary meanings of employee and employer
(1) A reference in this Act to an employee with its ordinary meaning includes a reference to a law enforcement officer of a referring State if the State’s referral law so provides for the purposes of that law. (2) A reference in this Act to an employer with its ordinary meaning includes a reference to a holder of an office of a State if the State’s referral law provides, for the purposes of that law, that the holder of the office is taken to be the employer of a law enforcement officer of the State. (3) This section does not limit the operation of section 15 (which deals with references to employee and employer with their ordinary meanings). Note: Section 30S may limit the extent to which this section extends the meanings of employee and employer.
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