PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT (CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL) AMENDMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 13 References in statutory instruments to "officer" etc.

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References in statutory instruments to "officer" etc.

(1) In any statutory instrument (other than the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 ), unless the contrary intention appears:

(a): references in general terms to an officer include references to a new Act Secretary or an APS employee; and
(b): references to an officer of the Commonwealth include references to a new Act Secretary or an APS employee; and
(c): references to an officer or employee of a particular Department or Statutory Agency include references to an APS employee in that Department or Statutory Agency; and
(d): references to a person occupying, holding or performing the duties of an office in a particular Department or Statutory Agency include references to an APS employee in that Department or Statutory Agency; and
(e): references to an employee of a particular Department include references to a locally engaged employee in that Department; and
(f): references in general terms to an office include references to a position occupied by an APS employee; and
(g): references to an office in a particular Department or Statutory Agency include references to a position occupied by an APS employee in that Department or Statutory Agency.

(2): If a reference in a statutory instrument to "the Department" is read as a reference to a particular Department because of subsection 19A(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 , then that reference to "the Department" is a reference to a particular Department for the purposes of this section.

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