COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE

No. 8 of 1916.

An Act to amend Section Two of the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902-1915.

[Assented to 30th May, 1916.]

BE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—

Short title and citation.

1.—(1.) This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1916.

(2.) The Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902-1915, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902-1916.

Amendment of s. 2.

2. Paragraph (b) of section two of the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902-1915 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following proviso:—

“Provided that if the Governor-General notifies by proclamation that for the purposes of the administration of any Department of the Public Service any portion of a State or Territory is attached to any adjoining State the Chief Officer in that adjoining State of that Department shall be the Chief Officer of that Department in the portion so attached.”