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COMMONWEALTH EMPLOYEES (REDEPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT) ACT 1979 No. 52 of 1979 - SECT 7

PART II-REDEPLOYMENT OF EMPLOYEES
7. (1) The objects of this Part are-

   (a)  first, to ensure, to the greatest extent that is practicable, that
        each Department and each prescribed Commonwealth authority operates in
        such a manner as to make efficient and economical use of the services
        of the persons employed in the Department or by the authority; and

   (b)  secondly, to ensure, to the greatest extent that is practicable, that
        each employee in a Department, and each employee of a
        prescribed Commonwealth authority, whose services cannot, consistently
        with the achievement of the first object of this Part, reasonably be
        used in the Department or by the authority, as the case may be-

        (i)    for the reason that he is included in a class of employees
               employed in the Department or by the authority which comprises
               a greater number of employees than is necessary for the
               efficient and economical working of the Department or
               authority;

        (ii)   for the reason that he is, in consequence of physical or mental
               incapacity, incapable of performing his duties; or

        (iii)  for any other prescribed reason,

is redeployed in the Australian Public Service or in the employment of a
prescribed Commonwealth authority on duties which he can reasonably be
required to perform.

(2) Regulations prescribing a reason for the purposes of paragraph (1) (b)
shall not be made except after consideration by the Governor-General of a
report made to the Governor-General by the Public Service Board after
consultation by the Public Service Board with the organisations, being
organisations representing the interests of employees or a class of employees,
prescribed for the purposes of this section.