[pic] Administrative Arrangements Act 1987 Act No. 92 of 1987 as amended This compilation was prepared on 23 November 2007 taking into account amendments up to Act No. 146 of 1999 The text of any of those amendments not in force on that date is appended in the Notes section The operation of amendments that have been incorporated may be affected by application provisions that are set out in the Notes section Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing, Attorney-General's Department, Canberra Contents Part I-Preliminary 1 1 Short title [see Note 1] 1 2 Commencement [see Note 1] 1 Part II-Amendment of Acts Interpretation Act 1901 2 Sections 3-8 2 Part III-Amendment of Public Service Act 1922 3 Sections 9-18 3 19 References in instruments to Secretaries 3 Part IV-Modification of Acts 5 20 Regulations modifying Acts 5 Schedule-Amendment of Public Service Act 1922 relating to the Board and the new Departmental structure 6 Notes 7 An Act to amend the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 and the Public Service Act 1922 in connection with certain administrative arrangements, and for related purposes Part I-Preliminary 1 Short title [see Note 1] This Act may be cited as the Administrative Arrangements Act 1987. 2 Commencement [see Note 1] (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. (2) Part II shall be deemed to have come into operation on 24 July 1987. Part II-Amendment of Acts Interpretation Act 1901 Sections 3-8 Note: The amendments made by this Part are incorporated in the compilations on ComLaw. Acts Interpretation Act 1901 For access to the wording of the amendments made by this Part see Act No. 92 of 1987]. Part III-Amendment of Public Service Act 1922 Sections 9-18 Note: The amendments made by this Part are incorporated in the compilations on ComLaw. Public Service Act 1922 [repealed by Act No. 146, 1999, Sch.1] For access to the wording of the amendments made by this Part see Act No. 92 of 1987]. 19 References in instruments to Secretaries (1) The Secretary of a Department may, by written notice published in the Gazette, declare that references to the Secretary in a relevant instrument are to be, or are to include, references to an SES employee, or acting SES employee, in the Department who is specified in the notice. (2) Where a Secretary makes a declaration under subsection (1) in relation to a relevant instrument, references to the Secretary in that instrument shall, as from the day of publication of the declaration in the Gazette or such later day as is specified in the declaration, be read as or include, as the case requires, references to the specified SES employee or acting SES employee. (3) In this section: instrument means: (a) an Act; (b) an instrument (including rules, regulations or by-laws) made, granted or issued under an Act; (c) an award or other industrial determination or order; (d) an industrial agreement; (e) a contract; (f) a pleading in, or process issued in connection with, any legal or other proceeding; or (g) any other instrument. relevant instrument means an instrument that was in force immediately before the commencement of this section and includes: (a) a provision of such an instrument; and (b) a class of such instruments. Part IV-Modification of Acts 20 Regulations modifying Acts (1) The Governor-General may make regulations making such modifications of an Act as are necessary or convenient to be made in consequence of: (a) a Minister administering 2 or more Departments; or (b) a Department being administered by 2 or more Ministers. (2) This section ceases to have effect at the end of one year after its commencement. (3) In this section, modifications includes additions, omissions and substitutions. Schedule-Amendment of Public Service Act 1922 relating to the Board and the new Departmental structure Note: The amendments made by this Schedule are incorporated in the compilations on ComLaw. Public Service Act 1922 [repealed by Act No. 146, 1999, Sch.1] For access to the wording of the amendments made by this Schedule see Act No. 92 of 1987]. Notes to the Administrative Arrangements Act 1987 Note 1 The Administrative Arrangements Act 1987 as shown in this compilation comprises Act No. 92, 1987 amended as indicated in the Tables below. Table of Acts |Act |Number |Date |Date of |Applica| | |and year|of Assent|commencement|tion, | | | | | |saving | | | | | |or | | | | | |transit| | | | | |ional | | | | | |provisi| | | | | |ons | |Administrative |92, 1987|18 Sept |Part II: | | |Arrangements Act| |1987 |24 July 1987| | |1987 | | | | | | | | |Remainder: | | | | | |Royal Assent| | |Public |146, |11 Nov |Schedule 1 |- | |Employment |1999 |1999 |(items 48, | | |(Consequential | | |49): 5 Dec | | |and | | |1999 (see | | |Transitional) | | |Gazette | | |Amendment Act | | |1999, No. | | |1999 | | |S584) (a) | | (a) The Administrative Arrangements Act 1987 was amended by Schedule 1 (items 48 and 49) only of the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999, subsections 2(1) and (2) of which provide as follows: (1) In this Act, commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences. (2) Subject to this section, this Act commences at the commencing time. Table of Amendments |ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = | |repealed rs. = repealed and substituted | |Provision affected|How affected | |S. 19 |am. 146, 1999 | | | |