Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM ACT 1984 No. 63, 1984 - SECT 87

87. (1) Section 76L of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by inserting in paragraph (6) (a) ''or 50DA'' after ''50'';

   (b)  by omitting paragraphs (6) (b) and (c) and substituting the following
        paragraphs:

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

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

   (c)  by omitting from sub-section (9) ''sub-section 50 (11)'' and
        substituting ''section 50G''; and

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

''(11) Where, in pursuance of paragraph (6) (b), the 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 (6) (c).

''(12) If the Board revokes a determination under paragraph (6) (b), 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.

''(13) Where the Board, in a determination under sub-section (11), 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.

''(14) In this section, 'prescribed day', in relation to a promotion has the
same meaning as in Division 4.''.

(2) Section 76L of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from paragraph
(5) (a) ''Tribunal'' and substituting ''Committee''.