Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 22

22 General provision for application of Acts to public service offices

(1) This section applies subject to section 23 and any regulation made under it.

(2) This Act and other Acts apply to a public service office mentioned in section 21 (1) (a) and its public service employees as if—

(a) the office were a department; and

(b) the head of the office were the department’s chief executive.

(3) Without limiting subsection (2) , the head of the public service office has, for the office’s public service employees, all of a chief executive’s functions and powers.

(4) This section does not affect—

(a) the provisions about accountable officers under the Financial Accountability Act 2009 , section 65 ; or

(b) the meaning of
"department" under section 8 of that Act.