In this Part—
"classification" includes the division, class, subdivision or grade in which an employee or work is placed and the title (if any) by which a position is designated;
"employee" means an on-going employee or a temporary employee in the teaching service;
"member of the Principal Class" means a member of the teaching service who holds an on-going position which has been classified to be a position in the Principal Class by the Secretary;
"Merit Protection Board" means a Merit Protection Board established under Division 7;
"on-going employee" means a person who is employed in the teaching service with no date fixed for the termination of that employment;
"registered" , in relation to a person employed in the teaching service, means registered under Part 2.6 and includes permitted to teach under Part 2.6 but does not include a person who holds non-practising registration under that Part;
"relevant criteria" means the criteria specified by Ministerial Order;
"teacher" means a person employed in the teaching service for teaching in a Government school but does not include a teacher's aide or assistant teacher;
"temporary employee" means a person engaged in—
(a) a casual position in the teaching service; or
(b) a fixed term position with no entitlement to on-going employment at the end of the fixed term.