COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE.

No. 72 of 1932.

An Act to amend the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922–1931.

[Assented to 5th December, 1932.]

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 1932.

(2.)  The Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922–1931 is in this Act referred to as the Principal Act.

(3.)  The Principal Act, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1922–1932.

Definitions.

2.   Section seven of the Principal Act is amended by omitting the definition of “Department” and inserting in its stead the following definition:—

“ ‘Department’ means any Department of the Public Service specified in the Second Schedule to this Act and includes any Department at any time established by the Governor-General either in addition to, or in lieu of, any of those Departments, but does not include any Department which is abolished by the Governor-General or in lieu of which another Department is established.”.

3.   After section seven of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:—

Second Schedule—Departments.

“7a.   Where any Departments specified in the Second Schedule are abolished or any Departments are established in addition to or in lieu of the Departments specified in that Schedule, or an alteration is made in the name of any Department so specified, upon the notification of the fact in the Gazette, the Second Schedule shall be deemed to be amended in the following manner:—

(a) where any Department is abolished or another Department is established in lieu of any Department—by the omission of the reference to the Department which has been abolished or in lieu of which another Department has been established;

(b) where any Department is established either in addition to or in lieu of any Department—by the addition of the name of the Department so established; and

(c) where an alteration is made in the name of any Department—by a similar alteration of the name of the Department as appearing in that Schedule.”.

Permanent heads.

4.   Section twenty-five of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting from sub-section (1.) the words “or any offices which are prescribed either in addition to or in lieu of any of those offices”; and

(b) by adding at the end of sub-section (1.) the following proviso:—

“Provided that where any offices specified in the Third Schedule are abolished or any offices are prescribed in addition to or in lieu of the offices specified in that Schedule, or an alteration is made in the name of any office so specified, upon the notification of the fact in the Gazette, the Third Schedule shall be deemed to be amended in the following manner:—

(a) where any office is abolished or another office is prescribed in lieu of any office—by the omission of the reference to the office which has been abolished or in lieu of which another office has been prescribed;

(b) where any office is prescribed either in addition to or in lieu of any office—by the addition of the name of the office so prescribed; and

(c) where an alteration is made in the name of any office—by a similar alteration of the name of the office as appearing in that Schedule.”.

Second Schedule—Departments.

5.   The Second Schedule to the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting the words “The Department of Home and Territories” and inserting in their stead the words “The Department of the Interior”; and

(b) by omitting the words “The Department of Works and Railways” and inserting in their stead the words—

“the Department of Commerce;

the Department of Industry;

the Department of External Affairs.”.

Third Schedule—Permanent Heads of Departments.

6.   The Third Schedule to the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by omitting the words “The Secretary to the Department of Home and Territories” and inserting in their stead the words “The Secretary to the Department of the Interior”; and

(b) by omitting the words “The Secretary to the Department of Works and Railways” and inserting in their stead the words—

“The Secretary to the Department of Commerce.

The Secretary to the Department of Industry.

The Secretary to the Department of External Affairs.”.