17Staff of the Office

#### 17 Staff of the Office (1) The staff required for the purposes of this Act shall be: (a) persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999 for the purpose of performing duties in connexion with the performance of the functions of the Office; (b) persons whose services are made available in pursuance of arrangements made under subsection (4); and (c) persons engaged under subsection (6). (2) For the purposes of the Public Service Act 1999: (a) the Director‑General and the APS employees assisting the Director‑General together constitute a Statutory Agency; and (b) the Director‑General is the Head of that Statutory Agency. (4) The Director‑General may make arrangements with an Agency Head (within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999), with the Chief of the Defence Force or with a Commonwealth authority for the services of persons (being persons approved by the Director‑General) who are engaged under that Act in the Agency concerned, are members of the Defence Force or are in the employment of that Commonwealth authority, as the case may be, to be made available to assist the Director‑General in the performance of the functions of the Office. (5) Where the services of a person are made available for the purposes of the Office in pursuance of an arrangement made under subsection (4), the person shall perform such duties as are assigned to him or her by the Director‑General and is, in the performance of those duties, subject to the directions of the Director‑General. (6) The Director‑General may engage persons to perform services for the Office otherwise than as persons referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b). (7) The terms and conditions of engagement of persons under subsection (6) shall be such as are determined by the Director‑General.