Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 1982 No. 111, 1982 - SECT 4

4. (1) Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from
sub-section (1) the definitions of ''Division'', ''Selection Test'' and ''the
prescribed educational qualification''.

(2) Section 7 of the Principal Act is further amended-

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of ''Department'' and
substituting the following definition:

'' 'Department' means-

   (a)  any Department of the Service (other than a Department of the Service
        that has been abolished or the name of which has been altered) the
        name of which is specified, or deemed by virtue of section 7A to be
        specified, in Schedule 2; or

   (b)  a branch or part of the Service in relation to which a person has,
        under this Act or another Act, the powers of, or exercisable by, a
        Permanent Head as if that branch or part of the Service were a
        separate Department;'';

   (b)  by inserting in sub-section (1) after the definition of ''national
        service'' the following definition:

'' 'office of Permanent Head' means-

   (a)  an office (other than an office that has been abolished or the name of
        which has been altered) the name of which is specified, or deemed by
        virtue of sub-section 25 (1) to be specified, in Schedule 3; or

   (b)  an office the holder of which has, under this Act or another Act, in
        relation to a branch or part of the Service, the powers of, or
        exercisable by, a Permanent Head;'';

   (c)  by inserting in sub-section (1) after the definition of ''overseas''
        the following definitions:

'' 'Permanent Head' means a person for the time being holding, or performing
the duties of, an office of Permanent Head;

'relevant Permanent Head' means the Permanent Head of the Department in
connection with which, or in which is employed an officer or employee in
connection with whom, the expression is used or is applicable;''; and

   (d)  by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of ''The Permanent
        Head''.

(3) Section 7 of the Principal Act is further amended by adding at the end
thereof the following sub-section:

''(2) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears-

   (a)  a reference to the repealed Officers' Rights Declaration Act 1928
        shall be read as a reference to that Act as amended and in force
        immediately before 15 March 1981; and

   (b)  a reference to the former section 6 of the Trade Commissioners Act
        1933 shall be read as a reference to section 6 of that Act as amended
        and in force immediately before 15 March 1981.''.