{"id":"C1916A00009","name":"Commonwealth Public Service (Acting Commissioner) Act 1916","slug":"commonwealth-public-service-acting-commissioner-act-1916","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"9 of 1916","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":12868,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1916A00009-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-31","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commonwealth Public Service (Acting Commissioner) Act 1916","content":"COMMONWEALTH PUBLIC SERVICE\n\n(ACTING COMMISSIONER).\n\nNo. 9 of 1916.\n\nAn Act to provide for the appointment, temporarily, of an Acting Public Service Commissioner.\n\n\\[Assented to 30th May, 1916.\\]\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the Commonwealth Public Service (Acting Commissioner) Act 1916.\n\nAppointment of Acting Public Service Commissioner.\n\n2.—(1.) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902-1915 the Governor-General may appoint William Burton Edwards, Esquire, Public Service Inspector, to be Acting Public Service Commissioner, as from the fourth day of May, One thousand nine hundred and sixteen, to hold office as such Acting Public Service Commissioner until the appointment of a person to be Public Service Commissioner, or until the Governor-General otherwise directs.\n\n(2.) The salary payable to the said William Burton Edwards, Esquire, while holding office as such Acting Public Service Commissioner, shall be at the rate of Twelve hundred pounds a year, and shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly for the purpose.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1903},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its original purpose of temporarily appointing William Burton Edwards as Acting Commissioner with a fixed salary. It is a specific administrative measure with no indication of scope expansion."},"complexity_factors":["Only two operative sections covering appointment and salary","Legislation names a specific individual (William Burton Edwards) rather than creating a general process","Single cross-reference to the Commonwealth Public Service Act 1902-1915","No defined terms, interpretation section, or subsidiary provisions","Simple duration clause based on 'until-next-event' logic"],"plain_english_summary":"This brief law empowers the Governor‑General to appoint William Burton Edwards as acting Public Service Commissioner from 4 May 1916, bypassing the usual Commonwealth Public Service Act appointment rules. Edwards serves until a permanent Commissioner is chosen or the Governor‑General ends the appointment, paid £1,200 a year from the Consolidated Revenue Fund to keep the public service functioning."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/commonwealth-public-service-acting-commissioner-act-1916","history":"/api/acts/commonwealth-public-service-acting-commissioner-act-1916/history","analysis":"/api/acts/commonwealth-public-service-acting-commissioner-act-1916/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/commonwealth-public-service-acting-commissioner-act-1916/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/commonwealth-public-service-acting-commissioner-act-1916/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/commonwealth-public-service-acting-commissioner-act-1916/documents"}}