Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) The Governor shall
appoint a person to be WorkSafe Western Australia Commissioner.
(2) The Commissioner
shall be appointed for such term not exceeding 5 years as is specified in
the instrument of appointment and on the expiration of the term is eligible
for re-appointment.
(3) Subject to the
Salaries and Allowances Act 1975 , the Commissioner is entitled to such
conditions of service as are determined by the Minister from time to time on
the recommendation of the Minister for Public Sector Management 4 .
(4) If a person
appointed to be Commissioner was immediately before that appointment an
officer of the Public Service of the State the person shall despite that
appointment retain all existing and accruing rights on appointment as
Commissioner.
(5) If a person
appointed to be Commissioner was immediately before that appointment a public
service officer within the meaning of the Public Sector
Management Act 1994 , the person is entitled upon resigning his or her
office as Commissioner or upon ceasing to be Commissioner to be appointed to
an office in the Public Service of the State not lower in status than the
office the person so occupied immediately before appointment as Commissioner.
(6) The Commissioner
shall not engage in paid employment outside his or her duties and functions
under this Act without first obtaining the approval in writing of the
Minister.
[(7) deleted]
(8) In addition to the
name mentioned in subsection (1), the Commissioner may use, and operate
under, the name “WorkSafe W A Commissioner”.
[Section 9 amended by No. 43 of 1987
s. 10; No. 55 of 1987 s. 4; No. 32 of 1994 s. 19;
No. 30 of 1995 s. 11 and 47; No. 51 of 2004 s. 76 and 102(2).]