Section 13

In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“appoint” includes appointing a public officer under a secondment arrangement making available temporarily to a public body the service of the public officer, but excludes to promote;“disciplinary penalty”, for a chief executive, means dismissal from the office of chief executive, reduction in grade, financial penalty, stoppage of increment or withdrawal of any employment benefit because of misconduct;“public body” includes the governing body of a public body where the constitutional Act of the public body provides for such a governing body.