Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM ACT 1984 No. 63, 1984 - SECT 14

14. (1) Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by inserting in sub-section (2) '', under the Minister,'' after
''Department shall'';

   (b)  by omitting sub-section (3) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(3) The Secretary of a Department may, in any case in which he thinks fit,
exercise all or any of the powers, or perform all or any of the functions,
conferred by-

   (a)  a relevant Act;

   (b)  the regulations made under a relevant Act;

   (c)  a determination under sub-section 9 (7A) or section 82D; or

   (d)  an industrial award,

on a Chief Officer of the Department, and, for the purposes of the exercise of
such powers, or the performance of such functions, by the Secretary, any
reference in the relevant Act, the regulations, the determination or the
industrial award, as the case requires, to a Chief Officer shall, unless the
context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to the Secretary.''; and

   (c)  by omitting sub-sections (5) and (6) and substituting the following
        sub-section:

''(5) In sub-section (3), 'relevant Act' means-

   (a)  this Act; and

   (b)  the Merit Protection (Australian Government Employees) Act 1984. ''.

(2) Notwithstanding the omission of sub-sections 25 (5) and (6) of the
Principal Act by sub-section (1), a delegation in force under sub-section 25
(5) of the Principal Act immediately before the date of commencement of this
section continues in force, on and after that date, as if it had been made
under section 26 of the Public Service Act 1922 as amended by section 15 of
this Act.