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COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES (REDEPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT) ACT 1979 No. 52 of 1979 - SECT 5

5. (1) Subject to this section and to section 6, this Act applies to and in
relation to-

   (a)  a person who is an officer within the meaning of the Public Service
        Act 1922;

   (b)  a person employed by a prescribed Commonwealth authority in a
        permanent capacity;

   (c)  a person who is an employee within the meaning of the Public Service
        Act 1922, being a person who has, for the immediately preceding period
        of one year (whether or not the period commenced before the
        commencement of this Act), been an employee, or an officer and then an
        employee, within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1922; and

   (d)  a person employed by a prescribed Commonwealth authority, otherwise
        than in a permanent capacity, being a person who has, for the
        immediately preceding period of one year (whether or not the period
        commenced before the commencement of this Act) been employed by that
        authority otherwise than in a permanent capacity, or in a permanent
        capacity and then otherwise than in a permanent capacity.

(2) Subject to section 6, this Act does not apply to or in relation to-

   (a)  a person who is remunerated by fees, allowances or commission only;

   (b)  a person who is employed in an honorary capacity only;

   (c)  a person referred to in paragraph (1) (a) or (b) who was appointed or
        employed on probation and whose appointment or employment has not been
        confirmed;

   (d)  a person who is employed under a contract of employment for a term of
        less than 1 year or for a term of years; or

   (e)  a person who is employed in a temporary capacity in a Department under
        section 82 of the Public Service Act 1922 on a condition specified in
        sub-section (4) of that section.