Western Australian Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT ACT 1994 - SECT 75

75 .         Permanent officers and seconded employees occupying special offices

        (1)         The chief executive officer of the department principally assisting the Minister in the administration of this Act may, for the purpose of assisting a political office holder, create under section 36 one or more special offices within that department.

        (2)         A special office created under subsection (1) may be occupied by — 

            (a)         a person who — 

                  (i)         is appointed to fill a vacancy in that office under section 64(3); or

                  (ii)         is transferred to that office under section 65(1) or (2),

                and whose salary does not exceed such level as is prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph; or

            (b)         an employee in a department or organisation who is seconded to occupy that office.

        (3)         An employee referred to in subsection (2)(b) — 

            (a)         whose salary has exceeded the level referred to in subsection (2)(a); and

            (b)         who has occupied a special office created under subsection (1),

                continuously for at least 2 years is entitled to have his or her level of classification reviewed by such person or persons as are appointed by the Minister.