Commonwealth Numbered Acts

Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 No. 6 of 1983 - SECT 54

54. (1) For the purpose of enabling the Managing Director to perform the
functions conferred on him by sub-section 53 (1), the Managing Director may-

   (a)  transfer a declared employee who is an officer to a position in the
        Service for which he is qualified, being a position that has the same
        classification as, or a lower classification than, the classification
        of the position held, or last held, by the officer;

   (b)  by instrument in writing, declare that a declared employee who holds a
        position in the Service shall, on a date specified in the instrument,
        become an unattached officer and direct that he commence, on that
        date, to perform specified duties, being duties that the
        Managing Director considers he is competent to perform, and that he
        have such designation (being a designation corresponding to that of a
        position in the Service) as the Managing Director determines to be
        appropriate to those duties;

   (c)  by instrument in writing, direct that a declared employee who is an
        unattached officer commence, on a date specified in the instrument, to
        perform duties specified in the instrument, being duties that the
        Managing Director considers he is competent to perform, and that he
        have such designation (being a designation corresponding to that of a
        position in the Service) as the Managing Director determines to be
        appropriate to those duties; and

   (d)  direct that a declared employee who is a temporary employee be
        employed on any duties that the Managing Director considers he is
        competent to perform.

(2) Where, in pursuance of paragraph (1) (b), the Managing Director, by
instrument in writing, declares that a declared employee who holds a position
in the Service shall become, on a date specified in that instrument, an
unattached officer, that position shall become vacant upon that date.