Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 127

127 Requirement about citizenship etc.

(1) A person is eligible to be a public service officer only if the person—

(a) is an Australian citizen; or

(b) resides in Australia and has permission, under a Commonwealth law, to work in Australia.

(2) The chief executive may, by signed notice, terminate the employment of an officer who is ineligible under subsection (1) to be a public service officer.

(3) If a person’s permission to work in Australia ends, the person’s employment is taken to have been terminated by the chief executive on the same day.