8Meaning of similar vacancy

8  Meaning of similar vacancy

 (1) In this instrument, a vacancy is a similar vacancy to another vacancy that has been notified in the Public Service Gazette (the notified vacancy) if:

 (a) the vacancy and the notified vacancy are for the same category of employment (ongoing or non‑ongoing); and

 (b) the work‑related qualities required by a person to perform the duties of the vacancy and the notified vacancy are similar; and

 (c) the vacancy and the notified vacancy are:

 (i) at the same classification; or

 (ii) if the notified vacancy is in an APS agency—at the same corresponding classification under the Public Service Classification Rules 2000 as in force on 1 October 2024; or

 (iii) if the notified vacancy is in an intelligence agency—at the same corresponding classification under the agreement about corresponding classifications made between the Director‑General of the relevant intelligence agency and the Parliamentary Service Commissioner; and

 (d) the vacancy and the notified vacancy are for duties to be performed in a similar location; and

 (e) any of the following apply:

 (i) the vacancy is an SES vacancy;

 (ii) the vacancy is in a centrally coordinated entry‑level program;

 (iii) the vacancy and the notified vacancy are in the same Department;

 (iv) the Secretary of the Department in which the notified vacancy existed and another Secretary agree, in writing, that the vacancy is a similar vacancy to the notified vacancy;

 (v) the Agency Head of the APS agency in which the notified vacancy existed and a Secretary agree, in writing, that the vacancy is a similar vacancy to the notified vacancy;

 (vi) the Director‑General of the intelligence agency in which the notified vacancy existed and a Secretary agree, in writing, that the vacancy is a similar vacancy to the notified vacancy.

 (2) The notified vacancy mentioned in subsection (1) may be a vacancy that exists in a Department, an APS agency or an intelligence agency.

Part 2—Parliamentary Service Values

Division 1—Preliminary

9  Purpose of this Part

  This Part is made for the purposes of subsection 11A(1) of the Act.