Section 4

“Board” means the statutory body itself or, where the incorporating law provides for a separate board, council or committee by whatever name called to carry out the functions of the statutory body and to have charge of the general management and administration of the statutory body, that board, council or committee;

“Disciplinary Appeal Committee” means the committee referred to in section 7;

“Disciplinary Committee” means the committee referred to in section 6;

“disciplinary offence” means the breach of any provision of the code of conduct set out in the Regulations, and includes any act or omission in respect of which disciplinary action may be taken under the Regulations;

“emoluments” means any remuneration, inclusive of salary, fixed rewards, incentive payments and monthly allowances, which is due to be paid to an officer each month;

“General Manager” means the person, by whatever name called, who is charged with the day to day administration and management of the affairs of a statutory body;

“Head of Department” means an officer who is responsible for a department, division, unit or branch of a statutory body, and includes the General Manager and any officer authorized in writing by the Board to carry out the functions of a Head of

Department for any period of time;

“incorporating law” means the State law by which a statutory body is incorporated;

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“Minister”, in relation to a statutory body, means the

Minister charged with the responsibility for the statutory body under the incorporating law or under Article 9 of the Constitution of the State of Sarawak [G.N.S. 163/63];

“Ministry” means the Ministry responsible for a statutory body;

“officer” means a person who is employed on a permanent, temporary or contractual basis by a statutory body, and is paid emoluments by the statutory body, and includes any such person who is seconded to any subsidiary company of the statutory body or any other statutory body or any Ministry, department or agency of the Federal Government or any department or agency of the Government of any State or any company in which the

Federal Government or the Government of any State has an interest;

“Regulations” means the Regulations in the Second

Schedule;

“salary” means the basic salary of an officer;

“State law” means an Ordinance which relates to any matter with respect to which the Dewan Undangan Negeri may make laws or subsidiary legislation made under such Ordinance;

“statutory body” means a body, by whatever name called, incorporated by State law for the purposes of the State

Government, but does not include a local authority other than the

Bintulu Development Authority.