Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE AMENDMENT ACT 1978 No. 170, 1978 - SECT 29

29. Section 82 of the Principal Act is amended-

   (a)  by omitting sub-section (6) and substituting the following
        sub-sections:

''(6) Subject to sub-section (6A), the services of a person who is temporarily
employed may be dispensed with at any time by a Chief Officer.

''(6A) Where, under the regulations, Division 6 of Part III applies in
relation to a person who is temporarily employed, a Chief Officer shall not
dispense with the services of the person under sub-section (6) by reason only
of the fact that the person has done, or omitted to do, an act or thing in
respect of which a charge could be laid against the person, or on the ground
that a court has convicted the person of a criminal offence within the meaning
of that Division or found, without recording a conviction, that he has
committed such an offence.''; and

   (b)  by omitting sub-section (11) and substituting the following
        sub-sections:

''(9) Sub-sections (2) and (7) do not apply in relation to the employment of
persons in a temporary capacity to perform duties overseas.

''(10) Sub-sections (3), (4) and (8) do not apply in relation to employees
performing duties overseas.

''(11) Section 47E applies in relation to a person employed in a temporary
capacity, not being a person who is so employed to perform duties outside
Australia only, as if references in that section to an officer included
references to such a person.''.