Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE AMENDMENT ACT 1997 No. 23, 1997 - SCHEDULE 1

Schedule 1-Amendments Public Service Act 1922 1 Subsection 63JA(3) After
"63L(8)", insert "and (9)". 2 Subsection 63L(1) After "is", insert "or was". 3
At the end of section 63L Add:

(9) If a person ceases to be an unattached officer but remains an officer:

   (a)  the person may be charged under this section with any misconduct
        committed while the person was an unattached officer; and

   (b)  this Subdivision applies to the person in relation to the charge; and

   (c)  any action may be taken by or against the person under this
        Subdivision in relation to the charge; as if the person had remained
        an unattached officer.

(10) Subsection (9) applies to a person who ceases to be an unattached
officer, whether or not the cessation occurs after that subsection commences.

(11) Subsection (9) applies to misconduct, whether or not the misconduct was
committed after that subsection commences.

[Minister's second reading speech made in-
House of Representatives on 4 December 1996
Senate on 13 February 1997]