New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT ACT 2002 - SECT 17

17 Appointments to positions

(1988 Act, ss 13, 24, 25, 30)

(1) Appointments to vacant positions in a Department are to be made by the appropriate Department Head.

(2) It does not matter:

(a) whether the person appointed is or is not already an officer of the Public Service, or

(b) that the person appointed has previously retired or been removed from the Public Service.

(3) The employment of a senior executive officer in the Public Service is subject to Part 3.1.

(4) Subsection (1) is subject to any express provision to the contrary in this or any other Act.