5 CFR § 214.201 - Definitions.

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title: "5 CFR § 214.201 - Definitions."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "214.201"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "214"
part_name: "SENIOR EXECUTIVE SERVICE"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 3132."
regulatory_source: "45 FR 62414, Sept. 19, 1980, unless otherwise noted."
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# 214.201 Definitions.

For the purposes of this part:

*Agency, Senior Executive Service position, career appointee, limited term appointee, limited emergency appointee,* and *noncareer appointee* have the meanings set forth in section 3132(a) of title 5, United States Code.

*Equivalent position* as used in section 3132(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, means a position under any pay system where the level of the duties and responsibilities of the position and the rate of pay are comparable to that of a position above GS-15 or at Executive Level IV or V.

*Senior Executive Service* has the meaning given that term by section 2101a of title 5, United States Code, and includes all positions which meet the definition in section 3132(a)(2) of title 5.

[45 FR 62414, Sept. 19, 1980, as amended at 56 FR 18661, Apr. 23, 1991]