Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The Clerk may engage the services of a person if--
(a) the position in which that person's services are to be employed is of a kind ordinarily held by a person who is not an officer of the parliamentary service; or
(b) the position being of a kind ordinarily held by an officer of the parliamentary service, the engagement is required to meet temporary circumstances or is upon a basis not permissible for the engagement of such an officer.
(1A) The appointment of a person whose services are engaged under subsection (1) shall be made in writing signed by the Clerk.
(2) An engagement of a person under subsection (1) may be on such basis, for such duration of tenure and on such terms and conditions as are agreed between that person and the Clerk, subject to any applicable industrial award or industrial agreement.
(3) A person appointed pursuant to this section shall not thereby become an officer of the parliamentary service.