Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Public Administration Act 2004 - SECT 34

Termination of employment (executives)

34. Termination of employment (executives)



(1) The appropriate public service body Head or, if the executive is a public
service body Head, the Premier, may terminate the employment of an executive
for any reason consistent with the terms and conditions of his or her contract
of employment.

(2) Without affecting any other means of terminating the contract of a public
service body Head, the Governor in Council may at any time remove a public
service body Head from office and, on that removal, his or her contract of
employment is terminated.

(3) A power of a public service body Head referred to in subsection (1) must
be exercised as set out in section 20(3).

(4) Despite anything to the contrary in this or any other Act-

   (a)  if the holder of a statutory or prerogative office which is a declared
        authority is removed or retires from that office, his or her contract
        of employment is thereby terminated; and

   (b)  if the contract of employment of the holder of a statutory office
        which is a declared authority is terminated under this Act, he or she
        is deemed, for the purpose of this or any other Act, to have been
        removed from that office.

(5) Subsection (1) does not apply to the Official Secretary.