Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Accident Compensation Act 1985 - SECT 22

Chief executive of the Authority and officers and employees5

22. Chief executive of the Authority and officers and employees5



(1) The Authority shall appoint such officers and employees as are necessary
to enable the Authority to perform its functions, exercise its powers and
achieve its objectives.

(2) The Authority may employ any persons necessary to enable the Authority to
perform its objectives and functions and exercise its powers.

(3) If any person at the date of appointment as the chief executive of the
Authority or as an officer or employee of the Authority is an officer within
the meaning of the State Superannuation Act 1988 that person shall
notwithstanding that appointment be deemed to continue subject to that Act to
be an officer within the meaning of that Act.

(4) If a person-





   (a)  was an employee in the public service immediately before appointment
        as chief executive of the Authority or as an officer or employee of
        the Authority; or

   (b)  became an officer or employee of the Authority by reason of subsection
        (6) and was an employee in the public service, immediately before
        becoming an officer or employee of the Accident Compensation
        Commission or of the Victorian Accident Rehabilitation Council or the
        Registrar or an officer or employee of the WorkCare Appeals Board or
        an officer or employee assisting the Complaints Investigator-

the person shall upon ceasing to be chief executive or an officer or employee
of the Authority be eligible to be employed in the public service with a
classification and emolument corresponding with or higher than that which the
person last held in the public service as if the period of service as chief
executive or an officer or employee of the Authority, officer or employee of
the Accident Compensation Commission or the Victorian Accident Rehabilitation
Council or Registrar or an officer or employee of the WorkCare Appeals Board
or an officer or employee assisting the Complaints Investigator had been
service in the public service.

(5) An employee of the Authority (including a person appointed as casual staff
or a consultant) is not subject to any action, liability, claim or demand for
any matter or thing done or omitted to be done or contract entered into by the
Authority if the matter or thing is done or omitted to be done or the contract
is entered into in good faith for the purposes of performing a duty or
carrying out a power or function of the Authority under this or any other Act.



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