New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GOVERNMENT SECTOR EMPLOYMENT ACT 2013 - SECT 66

66 Secondments of staff between government sector agencies and other relevant bodies

(1) Arrangements may be made under this section under which--

(b) a person who is employed in a government sector agency is seconded to carry out work in or for a non-government sector body, or

(c) a person who is employed in or by a non-government sector body is seconded to carry out work in or for a government sector agency.

Any such secondment may be on a full-time or part-time basis.

(2) An arrangement for a secondment under this section is to be made between the head of the government sector agency and the person responsible for the employment of persons in or by the non-government sector body.

(3) A person employed in or by a non-government sector body (other than a local council or State owned corporation) is not to be seconded under this section to carry out work in or for a government sector agency unless--

(a) the head of the agency is satisfied that the secondment is justified because of the special skills of the person or the special circumstances of the case, and

(b) the period of any one secondment does not exceed 2 years.

(4) The government sector employment rules may deal with secondments under this section.

(5) A person's employment in a government sector agency (including the continuity of that employment) is not affected by the secondment of the person under this section.

(6) In this section--

"non-government sector body" means any of the following--

(a) a local council,

(b) a State owned corporation,

(c) a private sector entity (including a not-for-profit sector entity),

(d) a public authority or government agency of the Commonwealth or of another State or Territory,

(f) a university.