Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

OFFICE OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ACT 2018 - SECT 33

  (1)   The staff of ONI are to be:

  (a)   persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 ; and

  (b)   such other persons, if any, as the Director - General considers necessary for the performance of ONI's functions.

  (2)   For the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999 :

  (a)   the Director - General and the APS employees assisting the Director - General together constitute a Statutory Agency; and

  (b)   the Director - General is the Head of that Statutory Agency.

Staff of ONI who are not APS employees

  (3)   A person mentioned in paragraph   (1)(b) is to be employed on the terms and conditions that the Director - General determines in writing. Although such a person is not employed under the Public Service Act 1999 , the Director - General must adopt the principles of that Act in relation to the person to the extent to which the Director - General considers they are consistent with the effective performance of ONI's functions.