(1) The employing individual , for a person employed under this Act, is the parliamentarian or office - holder who, on behalf of the Commonwealth, employed the person under section 11.
(2) A parliamentarian ceases to be an employing individual if they cease to be a parliamentarian, unless they continue to be an office - holder.
(3) An office - holder ceases to be an employing individual if they cease to be an office - holder and are not also a parliamentarian.