Queensland Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR ACT 2022 - SECT 47

47 Requirement for citizenship or residency

(1) A person is eligible to be a public sector employee only if the person—

(a) is an Australian citizen; or

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

(2) A public sector employee’s chief executive may, by signed notice, terminate the employee’s employment if the employee is ineligible under subsection (1) to be a public sector employee.

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