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YOUNG OFFENDERS ACT 1994 - SECT 11

11 .         Officers and employees, appointment of

        (1)         The chief executive officer may appoint, under and subject to Part 3 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 , such officers and other persons as are necessary to implement or administer this Act.

        (1a)         In addition to persons appointed under subsection (1) and for the purposes of this Act the chief executive officer may appoint —

            (a)         custodial officers for primarily non-administrative functions; and

            (b)         officers and employees of particular classes as are prescribed by the regulations,

                and may remove those persons in the prescribed circumstances.

        (1b)         The custodial officers appointed under subsection (1a)(a) —

            (a)         may be subject to employment conditions set out in an award or industrial agreement; and

            (b)         may be subject to —

                  (i)         disciplinary proceedings provided for in the regulations; or

                  (ii)         if regulations are made under subsection (1C) — disciplinary proceedings under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 Part 5.

        (1C)         The regulations may prescribe custodial officers for the purposes of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 section 76(1)(b).

        (2)         The officers and employees appointed under subsection (1a)(b) —

            (a)         are to have such functions as are given to them under the regulations; and

            (b)         may be subject to employment conditions set out in an award or industrial agreement; and

            (c)         in prescribed circumstances, may be subject to such disciplinary procedures as are set out in the regulations.

        (3)         Appointments under subsection (1a) may be on a paid or honorary basis.

        [Section 11 amended: No. 58 of 2004 s. 6(1) and (2); No. 29 of 2014 s. 14.]

[ 11AA. 1M Modifications to be applied in order to give effect to Cross-border Justice Act 2008: section inserted 1 Nov 2009. See endnote 1M.]



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