Schedule 1—Related amendment of Young Offenders Act 1993
1—Amendment of section 4—Interpretation
Section 4—after its current contents (now to be designated as subsection
(1)) insert:
(2) A reference in
this Act to an officer of the Department includes a reference to—
(a) a
person who, immediately before the commencement of this subsection, held an
appointment made by the Governor as an officer of the Department; or
(b) a
person who, after the commencement of this subsection, is designated by the
Minister as an officer of the Department under section 4A.
After section 4 insert:
4A—Designation as officers of Department for certain purposes
(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 Youth Court Act 1993 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).