(1) Subject to this
Act, the Commission may, from time to time, employ a chief executive officer
and such other persons as it considers necessary to enable the Commission to
carry out its objects.
(2) The chief
executive officer shall conduct the affairs of the Commission, acting in
accordance with any policies determined, and any directions given, by the
Board.
(3) The Board shall
not appoint a member as the chief executive officer.
(3a) Subject to the
Salaries and Allowances Act 1975 , the chief executive officer shall be paid
such remuneration and allowances, and holds office on such terms and
conditions, as are determined by the Board after consultation with the Public
Sector Commissioner.
(3b) The chairman may
appoint a person, other than a member of the Board, to act as chief executive
officer —
(a)
during a vacancy in the office of chief executive officer; or
(b)
during any period when the chief executive officer is absent from duty or from
Western Australia or is, for any other reason, unable to perform the duties of
the office.
(4) Subject to any
relevant award under the Industrial Relations Act 1979 or any other Act, the
Commission may, after consultation with the Public Sector Commissioner,
determine the remuneration and other terms and conditions of service of its
employees, other than the chief executive officer.
(5) The Board may,
from time to time, after consultation with the Public Sector Commissioner
classify the positions to be held by employees of the Commission and define
the duties to be performed by the respective holders of those positions.
(6) Part 3 of the
Public Sector Management Act 1994 does not apply to or in relation to an
employee of the Commission.
[Section 17 amended: No. 32 of 1994 s. 19; No. 68
of 1994 s. 19; No. 55 of 2003 s. 5; No. 39 of 2010 s. 89.]