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Public Service (Permanent Head-Dual Appointment) Act 1977

Authoritative Version
Act No. 133 of 1977 as made
An Act to authorize the appointment of the one person to hold, or to act in, the offices of Secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade and Secretary to the Department of the Special Trade Negotiator.
Date of Assent 10 Nov 1977
Date of repeal 12 Jun 1981
Repealed by Repealed by Act No. 61 of 1981

PUBLIC SERVICE (PERMANENT HEAD—DUAL

APPOINTMENT) ACT 1977

No. 133 of 1977

An Act to authorize the appointment of the one person to hold, or to act in, the offices of Secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade and Secretary to the Department of the Special Trade Negotiator.

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Public Service (Permanent Head—Dual Appointment) Act 1977.

Commencement

2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.

Dual appointments

3. (1) A person who at any time holds the office of Secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade may be appointed to hold, or to act in, the office of Secretary to the Department of the Special Trade Negotiator and shall not, by reason only of being so appointed, cease to hold the first-mentioned office.

(2) A person, not being the holder of the office of Secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade, who at any time holds an appointment to act in that office may be appointed to act in the office of Secretary to the Department of the Special Trade Negotiator and shall not, by reason only of being so appointed, cease to hold the first-mentioned appointment.

(3) If a person who holds both the office of Secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade and the office of Secretary to the Department of the Special Trade Negotiator ceases for any reason to hold the first-mentioned office, he thereupon also ceases, by force of this sub-section, to hold the second-mentioned office.

Remuneration

4. A person who holds, or holds an appointment to act in, the office of Secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade and also holds, or holds an appointment to act in, the office of Secretary to the Department of the Special Trade Negotiator shall not be paid any remuneration, whether by way of salary, annual allowance or otherwise, in respect of his holding, or holding the appointment to act in, the last-mentioned office.

This Act to have effect notwithstanding certain other Acts

5. This Act has effect notwithstanding anything contained in the Public Service Act 1922 or the Remuneration Tribunals Act 1973.

Application of sub-section 19b(3) of Acts Interpretation Act

6. Nothing in this Act shall be construed as excluding the application of sub-section 19b(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 in relation to any provision of this Act.