(1) There shall be
appointed under and subject to Part 3 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994
, such officers as may be necessary to provide administrative, scientific,
technical and other services to assist the Authority in the exercise and
performance of the powers, functions and duties conferred on the Authority by
this Act, and to permit the Authority to undertake investigations, projects,
studies and research and to make reports with regard to the carrying out of
this Act.
(2) The Minister may
engage, under contract for services, such professional and technical or other
assistance as may be necessary to enable the Authority to carry out
effectively its functions under this Act and may enter into arrangements with
—
(a) a
Minister of the Crown of any State of the Commonwealth, a Minister of State of
the Commonwealth, a department or an instrumentality of the Commonwealth or
any State of the Commonwealth; or
(b) a
university or other tertiary institution; or
(c) any
other body or person,
with respect to the
conduct of any investigation, project, study or research that may be necessary
or desirable for the purposes of this Act.
[Section 15 amended: No. 113 of 1987 s. 32; No. 32
of 1994 s. 3(2).]
[ 16. Deleted: No. 28 of 2006 s. 345.]