Commonwealth Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE LEGISLATION (STREAMLINING) ACT 1986 No. 153, 1986 - SECT 8

8. (1) Section 12 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section
is substituted: Head of the Public Service Board

"12. (1) The Governor-General shall appoint one of the 3 members of the Board
to be the Head of the Public Service Board.

"(2) The Head may be referred to as the Chairman or Chairwoman, as the Head
prefers.".

(2) The person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, held
office as the Chairman holds office, after the commencement of this section,
as the Head of the Public Service Board.

(3) A reference in the Public Service Act 1922, in any other law or in any
instrument to the Chairman of the Public Service Board shall, except in
relation to matters that occurred before the commencement of this section, be
read as a reference to the Head of the Public Service Board.