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Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1984
sec.19Conditions of appointment
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### sec.19 Conditions of appointment
A deputy director—
shall, subject to subsection (2) , be appointed for such term, not exceeding 5 years, as the Governor in Council determines and specifies in the instrument of appointment; and
shall, subject to subsection (2) , be paid salary and allowances at such rate and be employed upon such conditions, including conditions as to leave entitlements, as the Governor in Council, upon the recommendation of the Minister, from time to time determines; and
shall be eligible for reappointment upon the expiration of the deputy director’s term of appointment or reappointment.
The deputy director is to be appointed under this Act, and not under the Public Sector Act 2022 .
In the exercise of the powers and authorities of the Governor in Council referred to in subsection (1) it shall not be mandatory that all appointments or reappointments to the office of deputy director should be for the same term or upon the same conditions as to salary or allowances.
s 19 amd 1988 No. 52 s 44 sch 3 ; 1990 No. 82 s 8 sch ; 1996 No. 37 s 147 sch 2 ; 2009 No. 25 s 83 sch ; 2022 No. 34 s 365 sch 3
(sec.19-ssec.1) A deputy director— shall, subject to subsection (2) , be appointed for such term, not exceeding 5 years, as the Governor in Council determines and specifies in the instrument of appointment; and shall, subject to subsection (2) , be paid salary and allowances at such rate and be employed upon such conditions, including conditions as to leave entitlements, as the Governor in Council, upon the recommendation of the Minister, from time to time determines; and shall be eligible for reappointment upon the expiration of the deputy director’s term of appointment or reappointment.
(sec.19-ssec.2) The deputy director is to be appointed under this Act, and not under the Public Sector Act 2022 .
(sec.19-ssec.3) In the exercise of the powers and authorities of the Governor in Council referred to in subsection (1) it shall not be mandatory that all appointments or reappointments to the office of deputy director should be for the same term or upon the same conditions as to salary or allowances.
- (a) shall, subject to subsection (2) , be appointed for such term, not exceeding 5 years, as the Governor in Council determines and specifies in the instrument of appointment; and
- (b) shall, subject to subsection (2) , be paid salary and allowances at such rate and be employed upon such conditions, including conditions as to leave entitlements, as the Governor in Council, upon the recommendation of the Minister, from time to time determines; and
- (c) shall be eligible for reappointment upon the expiration of the deputy director’s term of appointment or reappointment.