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For purposes of this Code, unless the context otherwise requires, |
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"Code" means this Code of Conduct and
Ethics for the Public Service of Alberta, as amended from time to time; |
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"employee" includes individuals
appointed pursuant to the Public Service Act, Senior Officials, wage staff and persons
employed on a contractual basis; |
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"minor child" refers to a child under
the age of majority; |
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the "private interest" of an employee
does not include an interest; |
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in a matter that is of general application, or |
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that affects a person as one of a broad class of the public,
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that affects the compensation or benefits of an employee, or |
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an interest that is trivial; |
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"relative" includes spouse, children,
step-children, legal dependents, parents, siblings, in-laws, grandparents, grandchildren,
nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and first cousins; |
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"Senior Official" means an individual
appointed pursuant to O.C. 107/2000, as amended from time to time, and whose appointment
is made pursuant to the Public Service Act; |
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“spouse” includes a party to a relationship who is living together with another person on a bona fide domestic basis but does not include a spouse who is living apart from the employee if the employee and spouse have separated pursuant to a written separation agreement or if their support obligations and family property have been dealt with by a court order; and |
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"supervise" means to directly supervise
or exercise influence over the assignment of duties, performance evaluation or related
responsibilities of an employee. |
