1996

The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Presented and read a first time

Public Service Amendment Bill 1996

No.      , 1996

(Prime Minister)

A Bill for an Act to amend the Public Service Act 1922

9618220—975/28.11.1996—(182/96) Cat. No. 96 5559 X ISBN 0644 483083

Contents
1	Short title	
2	Commencement	
3	Schedule(s)	
Schedule 1—Amendments	
Public Service Act 1922	

A Bill for an Act to amend the Public Service Act 1922
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1  Short title
		This Act may be cited as the Public Service Amendment Act 1996.
2  Commencement
		This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
3  Schedule(s)
		Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1—Amendments
Public Service Act 1922
1  Subsection 63JA(3)
After “63L(8)”, insert “and (9)”.
2  Subsection 63L(1)
After “is”, insert “or was”.
3  At the end of section 63L
Add:
	(9)	If a person ceases to be an unattached officer but remains an officer:
	(a)	the person may be charged under this section with any misconduct committed while the person was an unattached officer; and
	(b)	this Subdivision applies to the person in relation to the charge; and
	(c)	any action may be taken by or against the person under this Subdivision in relation to the charge;
as if the person had remained an unattached officer.
	(10)	Subsection (9) applies to a person who ceases to be an unattached officer, whether or not the cessation occurs after that subsection commences.
	(11)	Subsection (9) applies to misconduct, whether or not the misconduct was committed after that subsection commences.