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PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE ACT 1999 No. 145, 1999 No. 145, 1999 - SECT 61
Termination of appointment of Secretary of a Department
- (1)
- The Presiding Officers may, by notice in writing, terminate an appointment
of a Secretary of a Department (other than an appointment of the Clerk of the
Senate or the Clerk of the House of Representatives) at any time.
- Note: In
Barratt v Howard [1999] FCA 1132, the Federal Court of Australia described the
basis on which requirements of procedural fairness applied to the termination
of an appointment of Secretary under section 37 of the Public Service Act 1922
.
- (2)
- The Presiding Officers cannot terminate an appointment unless they
have received a report about the proposed termination from the Commissioner.
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