Part IPreliminary

An Act to amend the Acts Interpretation Act 1901 and the Public Service Act 1922 in connection with certain administrative arrangements, and for related purposes ## Part I—Preliminary #### 1 Short title \[see Note 1\] This Act may be cited as the Administrative Arrangements Act 1987. #### 2 Commencement \[see Note 1\] (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent. (2) Part II shall be deemed to have come into operation on 24 July 1987. ## Part II—Amendment of Acts Interpretation Act 1901 #### Sections 3–8 Note: The amendments made by this Part are incorporated in the compilations on ComLaw. Acts Interpretation Act 1901 For access to the wording of the amendments made by this Part see Act No. 92 of 1987. ## Part III—Amendment of Public Service Act 1922 #### Sections 9–18 Note: The amendments made by this Part are incorporated in the compilations on ComLaw. Public Service Act 1922 \[repealed by Act No. 146, 1999, Sch.1\] For access to the wording of the amendments made by this Part see Act No. 92 of 1987. #### 19 References in instruments to Secretaries (1) The Secretary of a Department may, by written notice published in the Gazette, declare that references to the Secretary in a relevant instrument are to be, or are to include, references to an SES employee, or acting SES employee, in the Department who is specified in the notice. (2) Where a Secretary makes a declaration under subsection (1) in relation to a relevant instrument, references to the Secretary in that instrument shall, as from the day of publication of the declaration in the Gazette or such later day as is specified in the declaration, be read as or include, as the case requires, references to the specified SES employee or acting SES employee. (3) In this section: > instrument means: (a) an Act; (b) an instrument (including rules, regulations or by‑laws) made, granted or issued under an Act; (c) an award or other industrial determination or order; (d) an industrial agreement; (e) a contract; (f) a pleading in, or process issued in connection with, any legal or other proceeding; or (g) any other instrument. > relevant instrument means an instrument that was in force immediately before the commencement of this section and includes: (a) a provision of such an instrument; and (b) a class of such instruments. ## Part IV—Modification of Acts #### 20 Regulations modifying Acts (1) The Governor‑General may make regulations making such modifications of an Act as are necessary or convenient to be made in consequence of: (a) a Minister administering 2 or more Departments; or (b) a Department being administered by 2 or more Ministers. (2) This section ceases to have effect at the end of one year after its commencement. (3) In this section, modifications includes additions, omissions and substitutions.