Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MERIT PROTECTION (AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES) ACT 1984 No. 65, 1984 - SECT 4

4. (1) The object for which the Agency is established is to ensure that
actions taken and decisions made in relation to a Commonwealth employee in
relation to his employment as a Commonwealth employee are fair and equitable
and are taken or made in accordance with sound personnel management practices
and with due regard being had to-

   (a)  the efficiency of the relevant authority; and

   (b)  the need to ensure good relations between the relevant authority and
        its employees.

(2) In sub-section (1), "relevant authority", in relation to a Commonwealth
employee, means-

   (a)  in a case where the employee is an officer or employee within the
        meaning of the Public Service Act 1922-the Service; and

   (b)  in a case where the employee is employed by a Commonwealth
        authority-the Commonwealth authority.