PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE ACT 1999 - SECT 81 References to Agency, Agency Head, former Parliamentary Departments and Secretaries

PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE ACT 1999 - SECT 81

  (1)   In any Act other than the Privacy Act 1988 :

  (a)   a replacement reference to an Agency includes a reference to a Department; and

  (b)   a replacement reference to an Agency Head (other than a reference to the Agency Head of a particular Agency) includes a reference to the Secretary of a Department; and

  (c)   a reference to a former Parliamentary Department is a reference to a Department; and

  (d)   a reference to a particular former Parliamentary Department is a reference to the Department that corresponds to that former Parliamentary Department; and

  (e)   a reference to the Secretary of a Department includes a reference to the Clerk of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives; and

  (f)   a reference to the Clerk of the Senate is a reference to the Clerk of the Senate holding office under this Act; and

  (g)   a reference to the Clerk of the House of Representatives is a reference to the Clerk of the House of Representatives holding office under this Act.

  (2)   This section has effect subject to any modifications prescribed by the determinations.

  (3)   This section does not limit, by implication, section   83.

  (4)   In this section:

"replacement reference" means a reference that resulted from an amendment made by the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999 or by regulations under that Act.