7Functions of relevant authorities

7  Functions of relevant authorities

 (1) The functions of the relevant authorities are to make officers and temporary employees available for the performance of teaching duties as mentioned in section 6.

 (2) The relevant authority in relation to a component of the Service may, and if so directed by the Minister shall, make an officer of, or temporary employee engaged to perform services in relation to, that component available to the Government of a country other than Australia or to an authority of such a Government for the performance of teaching duties in a school or schools conducted in that country by that Government or authority or, in the case of Papua New Guinea, by a body other than the Government or an authority of the Government.

 (3) Where a State or an authority of a State has made, or proposes to make, a person or persons available to an authority or authorities conducting a Commonwealth school or Commonwealth schools for the performance of teaching duties in that school or those schools, a relevant authority in relation to a component of the Service may, and if so directed by the Minister shall, make an officer of, or temporary employee engaged to perform services in relation to, that component available to that State or to that authority of that State for the performance of teaching duties in a school or schools conducted by that State or by that authority of that State.

 (4) A relevant authority shall not direct an officer to perform duties under subsection 7(2) or (3) unless the officer consents to perform those duties.

 (5) Where a relevant authority makes a person available to an authority that conducts two or more schools, the last‑mentioned authority may make use of the services of the person in whichever of those schools that authority thinks fit.

 (6) A relevant authority has power to do all things necessary or convenient for the purposes of this section.