Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE AMENDMENT ACT 1983 No. 56, 1983 - SECT 4

4. Section 82 of the Principal Act is amended -

   (a)  by inserting after sub-section (2) the following sub-section:



"(2A) Notwithstanding sub-sections (1) and (2), where it is proposed that
employment be offered in a Department pursuant to -

   (a)  a project approved under section 4 of the Community 
Employment Act 1983 ;

   (b)  the program known as the National Employment Strategy for
Aboriginals; or

   (c)  the program known as the Commonwealth Work Experience
Program, a Chief Officer of that Department may, on half of the Commonwealth,
employ in that Department persons selected by the Board for the purposes of
the project or program, as the case may be, from persons referred to that
Department or to the Board by the Commonwealth Employment Service."; and

   (b)  by omitting from sub-section (3) "Any such persons" and substituting
        "Persons who are temporarily employed".