Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 120

120 Secondment

(1) The chief executive of a department (the
"first department" ) may—

(a) second a public service officer of the department within the first department; or

(b) with the approval of the chief executive of another department, second a public service officer of the other department to the first department.

(2) However, if the secondment is to a lower classification level it may be made only with the officer’s consent.

(3) Public notice of the secondment must be published in the gazette or in another way the chief executive of the first department considers appropriate if—

(a) notice of intention to make the secondment for the relevant duties was publicly notified; or

(b) notice of the secondment of a person to perform the relevant duties is required under an Act to be publicly notified.

(4) The chief executive of the first department may cancel the secondment at any time.

(5) A directive may provide for any of the following about the secondment of a public service officer under this section—

(a) the circumstances in which a public service officer may be seconded;

(b) the terms that may apply to a secondment;

(c) administrative arrangements that may apply to a secondment;

(d) any other matter the commission chief executive considers relevant to a secondment.

(6) In making a decision to second a public service officer under this section, the chief executive of the first department must comply with any relevant directive under subsection (5) .