Western Australian Consolidated Acts

LIBRARY BOARD OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA ACT 1951 - SECT 6

6 .         Appointment of Secretary and officers

        (1)(a)         The Board shall appoint as State Librarian a person who is a qualified librarian.

            (b)         The person appointed to the office of State Librarian shall, by virtue of that office, be the Executive Officer and Secretary of the Board.

            (c)         The Board may appoint such other officers as are required for the purpose of carrying out the Board’s functions in pursuance of this Act.

        (2)         The State Librarian and other officers shall not be appointed under Part 3 of the Public Sector Management Act 1994 but shall be entitled to such leave of absence and to such rights prescribed by or pursuant to the provisions of the Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938   ⁴ , as would apply if they were appointed under the provisions of that Part.

        (3)         Notwithstanding anything in this section, to the extent that there is in the case of a person who is appointed under this section to be the State Librarian or any other officer and who is a member of the Senior Executive Service within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1978 ⁵ an inconsistency between this Act and that Act that Act shall prevail.

        [Section 6 amended by No. 20 of 1955 s. 7; No. 113 of 1987 s. 32; No. 32 of 1994 s. 19.]