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PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1999 - SECT 73
Payments in special circumstances
- (1)
- The Public Service Minister may authorise the making of payments to a
person under subsection (2) if the Public Service Minister considers it
appropriate to do so because of special circumstances that relate to, or arise
out of:
- (a)
- the payee's employment by the Commonwealth; or
- (b)
- another person's employment by the Commonwealth.
- (2)
- The Public Service Minister may authorise the making of any of the
following payments:
- (a)
- one or more payments of an amount or amounts specified in the
authorisation (or worked out in accordance with the authorisation);
- (b)
- periodical payments of an amount specified in the authorisation (or worked
out in accordance with the authorisation), during a period specified in the
authorisation (or worked out in accordance with the authorisation).
- (3)
- Payments may be authorised under this section even though the payments
would not otherwise be authorised by law or required to meet a legal
liability.
- (4)
- An authorisation cannot be made under this section if it would involve, or
be likely to involve, a total amount of more than $100,000.
- (5)
- Conditions may be attached to payments under this section. If a condition
is breached, the payment may be recovered by the Commonwealth as a debt in a
court of competent jurisdiction.
- (6)
- Payments under this section are to be made out of money appropriated by
the Parliament for the purposes of this section.
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