13Staff and consultants

##### 13 Staff and consultants (1) The staff required to assist the Commissioner in the performance of the Commissioner’s functions shall be persons appointed under the Public Service Act 1922. (2) The Commissioner has all the powers of, or exercisable by, a Secretary of a Department of the Australian Public Service under the Public Service Act 1922, so far as those powers relate to the branch of the Australian Public Service comprising the staff referred to in subsection (1), as if that branch were a separate Department of the Australian Public Service. (3) The Commissioner may engage as consultants, on such terms and conditions as are determined by the Commissioner, persons having suitable qualifications and experience.