21Staff from Australian Public Service

21 Staff from Australian Public Service

(1) Until an enactment provides that this subsection is to cease to have effect, transitional staff shall be persons appointed or employed under the Public Service Act 1922 (in this section called the Act). (2) The Head of Administration has all the powers of a Secretary under the Act, so far as they relate to the branch of the Australian Public Service comprising the transitional staff as if that branch were a separate Department. (3) Section 25 of the Act applies for the purposes of subsection (2) as if: (a) subsections (1), (1A) and (2) were omitted; (b) in subsection (6), the reference to the Minister administering the Department were a reference to the Chief Minister; and (c) subsections (7), (8) and (9) were omitted. (4) The Chief Minister shall cause a copy of a report received by him or her under subsection 25(6) of the Act applying as provided by subsection (3) to be laid before the Assembly within 15 sitting days of the Assembly after the day on which the Chief Minister receives the report. (6) A reference in the Self‑Government Act to a public servant includes a reference to a member of the transitional staff. (7) The Commonwealth and the Territory shall consult with the Australian Council of Trade Unions, the Council of Professional Associations and any other organisation that the Minister wishes to include in the consultation, in relation to the initial terms and conditions of employment of: (a) members of the transitional staff who are to be appointed to an office, or employed, in accordance with an enactment; and (b) other persons who are to be members of the staff of an enactment authority.