Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT (AMENDMENT) (NO. 51 OF 1995) - SECT 61

61. (1) This section applies to—

        (a)     all offices of Chief Executive;

        (b)     all offices that were immediately before the commencement day Senior Executive Service offices; and

        (c)     the offices specified in the Schedule.

(2) On the commencement day all offices to which this section applies shall, by force of this subsection, become vacant.

(3) Where an office to which this section applies was, immediately before the commencement day, held by an officer who was not at that time acting in another office or performing special duties under subsection 29 (2) of the Principal Act, that officer shall be deemed to have been appointed on the commencement day to act in that office until that appointment is terminated or the office is abolished, whichever first occurs.

(4) Notwithstanding the repeal of sections 32 and 82 of the Principal Act by this Act, where an officer was, immediately before the commencement day, acting in an office to which this section applies, that person shall be deemed to have been appointed on the commencement day to act in that office until that appointment is terminated or the office is abolished, whichever first occurs.

(5) A person who was, immediately before the commencement day, performing special duties under subsection 29 (2) of the Principal Act shall, until the Chief Minister otherwise directs, continue to perform those duties.