Public Service Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1)1
I, PHILIP MICHAEL JEFFERY, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Public Service Act 1999.
Dated 4 December 2003
P. M. JEFFERY
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
KEVIN ANDREWS
Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations
for the Prime Minister
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Public Service Amendment Regulations 2003 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on gazettal.
3 Amendment of Public Service Regulations 1999
Schedule 1 amends the Public Service Regulations 1999.
Schedule 1 Amendment
(regulation 3)
[1] After subregulation 8A.4 (1)
insert
(1A) However, if the Agency Head is the debtor:
(a) the Agency Head must not appoint a paying officer under subregulation (1); and
(b) the Agency Head must act under this subregulation without considering whether the making of deductions from the Agency Head’s salary is required; and
(c) the Agency Head must, in writing, delegate his or her power under subregulation (1) to appoint a paying officer to an SES employee in the Agency; and
(d) the SES employee must:
(i) decide whether the making of deductions from the Agency Head’s salary is required; and
(ii) if the SES employee decides that the making of the deductions is required — appoint a person as a paying officer for the purpose of making those deductions; and
(e) the Agency Head must not take any action, or make any arrangement, in relation to the administration under this Part of the Agency Head’s debt, other than:
(i) making the delegation mentioned in paragraph (c); and
(ii) if a paying officer is appointed — assisting the paying officer in the repayment of the debt.
Notes
1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1999 No. 300, as amended by 2000 No. 359; 2001 No. 328; 2002 Nos. 214 and 264.
2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 11 December 2003.