Queensland Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC SECTOR REGULATION 2023 - REG 4

4 Application of secondment provisions to particular public sector entities—Act, s 159

(1) For section 159 (1) (a) of the Act , chapter 4 , part 4 , division 2 of the Act is to apply to a public sector employee mentioned in subsection (3) employed in any of the following public sector entities—

(a) the Queensland Ambulance Service;

(b) Queensland Fire and Rescue;

(c) Rural Fire Service Queensland.

(2) For section 159 (1) (b) of the Act , chapter 4 , part 4 , division 2 of the Act is to apply to—

(a) a public sector entity mentioned in subsection (1) as if it were a public service entity; and

(b) the head of a public sector entity mentioned in subsection (1) as if the head were the chief executive of a public service entity; and

(c) each public sector employee mentioned in subsection (3) as if the employee were a public service officer.

(3) For section 159 (2) of the Act , subsections (1) and (2) apply to—

(a) for the Queensland Ambulance Service—

(i) the service; and

(ii) the chief executive of the service; and

(iii) persons employed in the service under the Ambulance Service Act 1991 , section 13 ; and

(b) for Queensland Fire and Rescue or Rural Fire Service Queensland—

(i) the fire services under the Fire Services Act 1990 ; and

(ii) the commissioner under the Fire Services Act 1990 ; and

(iii) persons employed in the fire services under the Fire Services Act 1990 , section 25 .