South Australian Numbered Acts

CORRECTIONAL SERVICES (MISCELLANEOUS) AMENDMENT ACT 2009 (NO 63 OF 2009) - SECT 5

5—Insertion of section 4A

After section 4 insert:

4A—Appointment of officers of Department

        (1)         The Minister may, by written notice, designate a person to whom this section applies as a person who is to be taken to be an officer of the Department for the purposes of this Act, the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1982 and any other prescribed Act.

        (2)         The Minister may, by written notice, revoke—

            (a)         the appointment of an officer of the Department made by the Governor before the commencement of this section; or

            (b)         a designation made under subsection (1).

        (3)         This section applies to a person if—

            (a)         the person is engaged by another person (the "contractor") to carry out certain work in the course of and for the purposes of the contractor's business; and

            (b)         the contractor is engaged, in the course of and for the purposes of a business, by the Minister under a contract, arrangement or understanding for the purposes of this Act or another Act; and

            (c)         the Minister is satisfied that the person is a suitable person to be designated as an officer of the Department.

        (4)         Section 74 of the Public Sector Act 2009 does not apply to a person designated under subsection (1).