Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to
subsection (3), this Part applies to and in relation
to —
(a) all
public service officers and ministerial officers; and
(b) such
other employees, or members of such other class of employees, as are or is
prescribed for the purposes of this section.
(2) To the extent that
this Part is inconsistent with any enactment which applies
to —
(a) an
employee; or
(b) a
member of a class of employees,
prescribed under
subsection (1)(b), this Part prevails.
(3) If the employing
authority of an employee who is not a public service officer suspects that
that employee has disobeyed or disregarded a direction which is by virtue of
section 94(4) a lawful order for the purposes of section 80(a), that
employee shall be taken for the purposes of this Part to be a public service
officer, and proceedings may be taken accordingly under this Part against that
employee for the suspected breach of discipline arising out of that
disobedience or disregard.