Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Under and subject
to Part 3 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 , such persons
may be appointed as may be expedient for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The Chairperson on
behalf of the Council may engage persons as wages or field staff otherwise
than under Part 3 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 and
persons so engaged shall, subject to any relevant industrial award or
agreement, be employed on such terms and conditions as the Minister determines
on the recommendation of the Minister for Public Sector Management 2 .
(3) Without prejudice
to the generality of section 10, and subject —
(a)
where the officer is a member of the Public Service, to the concurrence of the
employing authority, within the meaning of the Public
Sector Management Act 1994 , of that officer;
(b)
where the public authority is a local government, to the consent of that local
government; or
(c)
where the public authority is not a local government, to the consent of the
Minister of the Crown having responsibility for the administration of the
relevant Act relating to that public authority,
the Council may
utilise, with the consent of that public authority and only for the purposes
of this Act, the services of any officer of a public authority, or engage any
such person on secondment, upon such terms as may be agreed between that
public authority or that Minister and the Council.
(4) Service with the
Council under this section shall for the purposes of the
Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938 3 be deemed to be
service with a department, but where a person who is a contributor to the
superannuation scheme established pursuant to the Superannuation and
Family Benefits Act 1938 3 is seconded to service with the Council,
the Council shall, if so directed by the Treasurer, reimburse the Treasurer on
behalf of the Crown in right of the State for payment to the credit of the
Consolidated Account the proportion of the State share of the liability in
respect of that scheme in relation to the period of secondment.
(5) The Council may,
unless the Minister otherwise directs —
(a)
engage, under contract for services, such consultants and professional or
technical or other assistance as may be necessary to enable the purposes of
this Act to be carried out; and
(b)
consult, collaborate with, or enter into arrangements with other persons, in
the State or elsewhere, for or in relation to the conduct of any
investigation, study, research or other matter that may be necessary or
desirable for the purposes of this Act.
[Section 27 amended by No. 6 of 1993
s. 11; No. 32 of 1994 s. 19; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4;
No. 49 of 1996 s. 64; No. 77 of 2006 s. 4.]