Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT (CONSEQUENTIAL AND TRANSITIONAL) AMENDMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 13

(1)

In any statutory instrument (other than the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 ), unless the contrary intention appears:

(a)

references in general terms to an officer include references to a new Act Secretary or an APS employee; and

(b)

references to an officer of the Commonwealth include references to a new Act Secretary or an APS employee; and

(c)

references to an officer or employee of a particular Department or Statutory Agency include references to an APS employee in that Department or Statutory Agency; and

(d)

references to a person occupying, holding or performing the duties of an office in a particular Department or Statutory Agency include references to an APS employee in that Department or Statutory Agency; and

(e)

references to an employee of a particular Department include references to a locally engaged employee in that Department; and

(f)

references in general terms to an office include references to a position occupied by an APS employee; and

(g)

references to an office in a particular Department or Statutory Agency include references to a position occupied by an APS employee in that Department or Statutory Agency.

(2)

If a reference in a statutory instrument to "the Department" is read as a reference to a particular Department because of subsection 19A(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 , then that reference to "the Department" is a reference to a particular Department for the purposes of this section.