Commonwealth Numbered Acts

AUSTRALIAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COUNCIL ACT 1978 No. 81 of 1978 - SECT 19

PART IV-MISCELLANEOUS
19. (1) Subject to sections 20 and 21, the staff required to assist the
Council in the performance of its functions shall be persons appointed or
employed under the Public Service Act 1922.

(2) The prescribed officer has all the powers of, or exercisable by, a
Permanent Head under the Public Service Act 1922, in so far as those powers
relate to the branch of the Australian Public Service comprising that staff
referred to in sub-section (1), as if that branch were a separate Commonwealth
Department.

(3) For the purposes of sub-sections 25 (5) and (6) of the Public Service Act
1922, the prescribed officer shall be deemed to be a Permanent Head.

(4) The members of the staff referred to in sub-section (1) shall perform
their functions and duties in accordance with the directions of the Council.

(5) In this section-

''prescribed officer'' means-

   (a)  in relation to a time when the powers and functions of the Chairman
        are being exercised and performed by a full-time Chairman, by a
        full-time Deputy Chairman or by a person appointed under paragraph 15
        (1) (b) on a full-time basis-the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman or the
        person so appointed, as the case may be; and

   (b)  in relation to any other time-the Secretary;

''Secretary'' means the person for the time being occupying the most senior
office in the staff referred to in sub-section (1).