Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) There shall be
appointed —
(a) a
Director of the Art Gallery; and
(b) such
other officers as are required for the purposes of carrying this Act into
effect.
(1a) The Director
shall be appointed by the Governor and shall be a person recommended to the
Minister by the Board.
(1b) The officers
referred to in subsection (1)(b) shall be appointed by the Board.
(1c) Subject to the
terms and conditions of his employment, a person holding an office under this
section immediately before the proclaimed date shall continue to hold that
office on and after that date.
(2) The Director shall
manage the Art Gallery and shall be the principal executive officer of the
Board.
(2a) The Director
shall comply with any direction given to him by the Board as to the carrying
out of his duties under this Act.
(3) The Director and
other officers although not appointed under Part 3 of the
Public Sector Management Act 1994 , are entitled to such leave of absence
under that Act and to such rights prescribed by or pursuant to the provisions
of the Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938 1a , as would apply,
if they were appointed under that Part.
(4) Notwithstanding
anything in this section, to the extent that there is in the case of a person
who is appointed under subsection (1) to be the Director or any other
officer and who is a member of the Senior Executive Service within the meaning
of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 4 an inconsistency between this
Act and that Act that Act shall prevail.
[Section 16 amended by No. 35 of 1978
s. 10; No. 113 of 1987 s. 32; No. 32 of 1994 s. 19.]