{"id":"governors-establishment-act-1992","name":"Governor's Establishment Act 1992","slug":"governor-s-establishment-act-1992","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"wa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":30701,"registerId":"wa-governors-establishment-act-1992-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Governor's Establishment Act 1992","content":"![Crest]()Western Australia\n\nGovernor’s Establishment Act 1992\n\nWestern Australia\n\nGovernor’s Establishment Act 1992\n\nContents\n\nPart 1 — Preliminary\n\n1. Short title 2\n\n2. Commencement 2\n\n3. Interpretation 2\n\nPart 2 — Governor as employer\n\n4. Governor as employer of members of Governor’s Establishment 3\n\n5. Power of Governor to appoint, dismiss, etc. members of Governor’s Establishment, and transitional 3\n\n6. Use of other government staff, etc. 4\n\n7. Saving in respect of public service officer 4\n\n8. Payment of moneys payable by Governor as employer 4\n\n9. Delegation 5\n\nPart 3 — General\n\n10. Regulations 6\n\nNotes\n\nCompilation table 7\n\n  \n\nWestern Australia\n\nGovernor’s Establishment Act 1992\n\nAn Act to make the Governor the employer of the staff of the Governor’s Establishment and for related matters.\n\n## Part 1 — Preliminary\n\n##### 1. Short title\n\nThis Act may be cited as the *Governor’s Establishment Act 1992* 1.\n\n##### 2. Commencement\n\nThis Act shall come into operation on the day on which section 7(1) of the *Industrial Relations Amendment Act (No. 4) 1987* comes into operation 1.\n\n##### 3. Interpretation\n\nIn this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —\n\n  Government House, Perth includes the grounds appurtenant thereto;\n\n  member of the Governor’s Establishment means a person who is employed as a member of the staff at Government House, Perth;\n\n  the Director‑General means the person for the time being holding or acting in the office of chief executive officer of the department of the Public Service principally assisting the Minister administering the *Constitution Act 1889* in that administration;\n\n  the Official Secretary means the person for the time being holding or acting in the office of Official Secretary, Government House.\n\n[Section 3 amended: No. 8 of 2009 s. 66.]\n\n## Part 2 — Governor as employer\n\n##### 4. Governor as employer of members of Governor’s Establishment\n\n(1) The Governor is the employer of each member of the Governor’s Establishment.\n\n(2) The Governor, when exercising the powers or performing the duties conferred or imposed on the Governor by this Act (other than the power conferred on the Governor by section 10), is not obliged to do so with the advice and consent of the Executive Council.\n\n##### 5. Power of Governor to appoint, dismiss, etc. members of Governor’s Establishment, and transitional\n\n(1) The Governor may —\n\n(a) appoint persons to be members of the Governor’s Establishment; and\n\n(b) subject to any award, order or industrial agreement in force under the *Industrial Relations Act 1979* and without limiting the application to this Act of the *Interpretation Act 1984*, at any time exercise in respect of a member of the Governor’s Establishment any of the powers conferred by sections 52 and 53 of the *Interpretation Act 1984*.\n\n(2) Subject to subsection (3), a person who was immediately before the day referred to in section 2 a member of the Governor’s Establishment shall on and after that day be deemed to have been appointed under subsection (1) to be a member of the Governor’s Establishment.\n\n(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to or in relation to a person who was immediately before the day referred to in section 2 a member of the Governor’s Establishment and whose services are on that day the subject of an arrangement made under section 6.\n\n##### 6. Use of other government staff, etc.\n\n(1) The Governor may by arrangement between the Governor and the Minister concerned make use, either full‑time or part‑time, of —\n\n(a) the services of any officer or employee in the Public Service or in a State agency or instrumentality or otherwise in the service of the Crown in right of the State; or\n\n(b) any facilities of a department of the Public Service or of a State agency or instrumentality.\n\n(2) An arrangement under subsection (1) is to be made on such terms as the Governor and the Minister concerned and the relevant employing authority within the meaning of the *Public Sector Management Act 1994* agree.\n\n[Section 6 amended: No. 32 of 1994 s. 19.]\n\n##### 7. Saving in respect of public service officer\n\nIf a person appointed under section 5 was, immediately before being so appointed, a public service officer within the meaning of the *Public Sector Management Act 1994* —\n\n(a) he or she retains his or her existing and any accruing rights; and\n\n(b) for the purpose of determining those rights his or her service as such an officer is to be taken into account as if it were service as a member of the Governor’s Establishment.\n\n[Section 7 amended: No. 32 of 1994 s. 19.]\n\n##### 8. Payment of moneys payable by Governor as employer\n\nAny moneys payable by the Governor in his or her capacity as an employer under this Act shall be paid on behalf of the Governor by the Treasurer and charged to the Consolidated Account, which to the extent necessary is appropriated accordingly.\n\n[Section 8 amended: No. 6 of 1993 s. 11; No. 49 of 1996 s. 64; No. 77 of 2006 s. 4.]\n\n##### 9. Delegation\n\nThe Governor may, either generally or as otherwise provided by the instrument of delegation, by writing signed by the Governor delegate to the Official Secretary any of his or her powers or duties under this Act, other than this power of delegation and the power conferred on the Governor by section 10.\n\n## Part 3 — General\n\n##### 10. Regulations\n\nThe Governor may make regulations prescribing all matters that are required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or are necessary or convenient to be prescribed for giving effect to the purposes of this Act.\n\nNotes\n\n1 This is a compilation of the *Governor’s Establishment Act 1992* and includes the amendments made by the other written laws referred to in the following table. The table also contains information about any reprint.\n\nCompilation table\n\n| **Short title** | **Number and year** | **Assent** | **Commencement** |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| *Governor’s Establishment Act 1992* | 39 of 1992 | 2 Oct 1992 | 3 Nov 1992 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 3 Nov 1992 p. 5389) |\n| *Financial Administration Legislation Amendment Act 1993* s. 11 | 6 of 1993 | 27 Aug 1993 | 1 Jul 1993 (see s. 2(1)) |\n| *Acts Amendment (Public Sector Management) Act 1994* s. 19 | 32 of 1994 | 29 Jun 1994 | 1 Oct 1994 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 30 Sep 1994 p. 4948) |\n| *Financial Legislation Amendment Act 1996* s. 64 | 49 of 1996 | 25 Oct 1996 | 25 Oct 1996 (see s. 2(1)) |\n| **Reprint 1: The *Governor’s Establishment Act 1992* as at 2 May 2003** (includes amendments listed above) | | | |\n| *Financial Legislation Amendment and Repeal Act 2006* s. 4 | 77 of 2006 | 21 Dec 2006 | 1 Feb 2007 (see s. 2 and *Gazette* 19 Jan 2007 p. 137) |\n| *Statutes (Repeals and Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2009* s. 66 | | 8 of 2009 | 21 May 2009 | 22 May 2009 (see s. 2(b)) |\n\n\nDefined terms\n\n*[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]*\n\n**Defined term Provision(s)**\n\nGovernment House, Perth 3\n\nmember of the Governor’s Establishment 3\n\nthe Director‑General 3\n\nthe Official Secretary 3\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation has remained tightly focused on its original purpose of establishing the Governor as employer of Government House staff. The amendments shown in the compilation table are minor housekeeping updates (updating references to other Acts like the Public Sector Management Act 1994 and financial administration legislation) rather than expansions of scope. The Act has not grown beyond its initial intent."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 defined terms in the interpretation section","Straightforward structure with just 3 Parts and 10 sections","Minimal cross-referencing (only references to Industrial Relations Act 1979, Interpretation Act 1984, Public Sector Management Act 1994, and Constitution Act 1889)","Simple conditional logic with only one nested exception (section 5(3) excludes certain staff from automatic transition)","No complex formulae, schedules, or technical mechanisms","Legislation remains focused on its original narrow purpose without significant scope creep"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does:**\n\nThis Act makes the Governor of Western Australia the official employer of the staff who work at Government House in Perth. Before this law, these staff members were likely employed by the general public service. Now, they work directly for the Governor.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n- **The Governor** – gains direct control over hiring, firing, and managing Government House staff\n- **Government House staff** – become employees of the Governor rather than general public servants\n- **The Official Secretary** – can be delegated powers by the Governor to manage staff matters\n- **The Treasurer** – pays the salaries and costs, charging them to the state's Consolidated Account (the government's main bank account)\n\n**Key features:**\n\n- The Governor can **appoint and dismiss** staff (section 5)\n- The Governor can **borrow staff** from other government departments through arrangements with Ministers (section 6)\n- Staff who were previously public servants **keep their existing employment rights** (section 7)\n- The Governor can **delegate powers** to the Official Secretary, except the power to make regulations (section 9)\n- The Governor can make **regulations** (subordinate laws) to fill in details (section 10)\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nThis law creates a separate employment framework for the Governor's household staff, recognizing that Government House operates as a unique institution requiring direct gubernatorial control. It balances autonomy for the Governor with financial accountability (the Treasurer still pays the bills) and protects the employment rights of staff who transfer from the public service."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Amendments recorded in the compilation table (1993, 1994, 1996, 2006, 2009) updated definitions and financial/administrative references (see notes and amendment entries). Those changes refine implementation (eg. references to the Public Sector Management Act and payment provisions) but do not alter the Act’s core scope: making the Governor the employer of Government House staff and preserving prior public service rights (ss.4–8)."},"complexity_factors":["Short, single-purpose statute with limited provisions (Parts 1–3).","Cross-references to multiple external Acts (Interpretation Act 1984, Industrial Relations Act 1979, Public Sector Management Act 1994) increase interpretive ties.","Delegation power to the Official Secretary (s.9) introduces administrative discretion.","Interaction with industrial instruments (awards, orders, agreements) affects application to staff (s.5(1)(b)).","Financial mechanism assigns payment to Treasurer/Consolidated Account (s.8), implicating budget processes.","Commencement linked to another Act’s commencement date (s.2), creating a temporal dependency."],"plain_english_summary":"This Act makes the Governor the legal employer of the staff at Government House, Perth and gives the Governor authority to appoint, dismiss and delegate employment powers for that staff (ss.4–5,9). Employment costs are met by the Treasurer from the Consolidated Account (s.8). The Governor can also use public service officers or facilities under agreed arrangements (s.6) and transferred public servants keep accrued rights (s.7)."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope assessment cannot be performed as no legislative content was retrievable from the provided URL. The page has been moved or removed as part of a website system upgrade by the Parliamentary Counsel's Office of Western Australia."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was provided — only an error/redirect page was returned","Unable to assess provisions, definitions, obligations, or penalties","Complexity score reflects inability to analyse, not simplicity of the underlying Act"],"plain_english_summary":"**No legislation content was available for analysis.**\n\nThe link provided returned an error page from the Western Australian Parliament website, indicating that the page for the *Governor's Establishment Act 1992* (WA) is no longer available at that URL due to system upgrades. No actual legislative text was retrievable.\n\n**What is generally known about this Act:**\nThe *Governor's Establishment Act 1992* (WA) is a Western Australian law that governs the administrative and staffing arrangements for the Governor of Western Australia's official household and establishment — essentially the people, resources, and structure that support the Governor in carrying out their constitutional role as the Crown's representative in WA.\n\n⚠️ *A full plain English analysis cannot be provided without access to the actual legislative text.*"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/governor-s-establishment-act-1992","history":"/api/acts/governor-s-establishment-act-1992/history","analysis":"/api/acts/governor-s-establishment-act-1992/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/governor-s-establishment-act-1992/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/governor-s-establishment-act-1992/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/governor-s-establishment-act-1992/documents"}}