Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM ACT 1984 No. 63, 1984 - SECT 130

130. (1) Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from
paragraphs (1) (b) and (c) ''designation (being a designation corresponding to
that of an office in the Division in which he is included)'' and substituting
''classification''.

(2) Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting from paragraph (1) (e) ''paragraphs 34 (a) and (c)'' and
        substituting ''paragraphs 34 (1) (a) and (c)'';

(b) by inserting in paragraph (1) (g) ''or 50DA'' after '' section 50'';

   (c)  by omitting paragraphs (1) (h) and (j) and substituting the following
        paragraphs:

''(h) determine, in writing, that a promotion that has been notified under
section 50 or 50DA of the Public Service Act 1922 but has not taken effect
under that Act shall not take effect while the determination is in force; and

''(j) cancel a promotion that has been notified under section 50 or 50DA of
the Public Service Act 1922 but has not taken effect under that Act, whether
or not, in the case of a promotion under section 50, an appeal has, or appeals
have, been made under that Act against the promotion.'';

   (d)  by omitting from sub-section (5) ''sub-section 50 (11)'' and
        substituting ''section 50G''; and

   (e)  by adding at the end thereof the following sub-sections:

''(6) Where, in pursuance of paragraph (1) (h), the Public Service Board
determines that a promotion shall not take effect while the determination in
relation to that promotion is in force, the Board may, at any time while the
determination is in force, cancel the promotion in pursuance of paragraph (1)
(j).

''(7) If the Public Service Board revokes a determination under paragraph (1)
(h), the promotion to which the determination relates takes effect on the day
on which it would have taken effect if the determination had not been made,
but the Board may, in the instrument of revocation, determine that salary at
the rate applicable to the office to which the promotion was made is payable
to the officer concerned on and from a day (not being a day after the day on
which the instrument of revocation was made) after the prescribed day in
respect of the promotion.

''(8) Where the Public Service Board, in a determination under sub-section
(7), specifies a day on and from which salary at a particular rate is payable
to an officer, salary at that rate is payable on and from that day
notwithstanding section 50E of the Public Service Act 1922.

''(9) In this section, 'prescribed day', in relation to a promotion, has the
same meaning as it has in Division 4 of Part III of the Public Service Act
1922.''.

(3) Section 12 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting paragraph (1) (f); and

   (b)  by omitting sub-section (4).