Commonwealth Numbered Acts

MERIT PROTECTION (AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES) ACT 1984 No. 65, 1984 - SECT 56

56. (1) The Minister or the Public Service Board may request the Agency , in
writing, to conduct an inquiry into-

   (a)  a decision made, or an action taken, in relation to a Commonwealth
        employee in relation to his employment as a Commonwealth employee; or

   (b)  decisions of a specified kind made, or actions of a specified kind
        taken, in relation to Commonwealth employees included in a specified
        class of Commonwealth employees in relation to their employment as
        Commonwealth employees.

(2) Where the Agency is requested under sub-section (1) to conduct an inquiry
into a matter, the Agency may conduct an inquiry into that matter and, where
it conducts such an inquiry, shall provide to the Minister or the Board, as
the case requires, a report in writing setting out the results of the inquiry.