{"id":"C1973A00021","name":"Public Service Act 1973","slug":"public-service-act-1973","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"21 of 1973","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2533,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1973A00021-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-29","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Public Service Act 1973","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nPublic Service Act 1973\n\nNo. 21 of 1973\n\n \n\nAN ACT\n\nRelating to Recreation Leave in the Public Service of the Commonwealth.\n\n[Assented to 18 April 1973]\n\nBE IT ENACTED by the Queen, the Senate and the House of Representatives of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title and citation.\n\n1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Public Service Act 1973.\n\n(2) The Public Service Act 1922–1972, as amended by this Act, may be cited as the Public Service Act 1922–1973.\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall be deemed to have come into operation on 1st January, 1973.\n\nLeave of absence for recreation.\n\n3. Section 68 of the Public Service Act 1922–1972 is amended by omitting from paragraph (a) of sub-section (4) the words “three weeks” and substituting the words “four weeks”.\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1833},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains precisely focused on its stated purpose of amending recreation leave entitlements in the Public Service."},"complexity_factors":["Single, straightforward amendment changing 'three weeks' to 'four weeks'","Only 3 operative sections (Short title, Commencement, and the amendment provision)","No defined terms or interpretation provisions","No conditional logic, cross-references, or exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this law does**\n\nThis law gives Commonwealth public servants an extra week of paid annual leave (recreation leave) each year.\n\nIt amends the main Public Service Act to increase the minimum leave entitlement from **three weeks to four weeks** per year.\n\n**Who it affects**\n- Employees of the Australian Government (the Commonwealth Public Service)\n\n**Why it matters**\n- Improves working conditions by giving public servants more paid time off work\n- Aligns Commonwealth employment standards with evolving community expectations for annual leave"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/public-service-act-1973","history":"/api/acts/public-service-act-1973/history","analysis":"/api/acts/public-service-act-1973/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/public-service-act-1973/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/public-service-act-1973/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/public-service-act-1973/documents"}}