Div 2or 3 of the Public Service Act 1922

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Division 2 or 3 of the Public Service Act 1922 Division 2 or 3 of Part IV of the Public Service Act 1922 Dictionary (regulation 1.3) > Note Words and expressions defined in the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999 are indicated by an asterisk (\*) (see subr 1.3 (3)). Except where otherwise indicated, the definitions are found in s 4 of the Act. Act means the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999. \*APS employee means an APS employee within the meaning of the new Act. AWA has the meaning it had under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 at the commencing time. award has the meaning it had under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 at the commencing time. certified agreement has the meaning it had under the Workplace Relations Act 1996 at the commencing time. Classification Rules means the Public Service Classification Rules 1999, as in force at the commencement of these Regulations. \*commencing time means the time when the Public Service Act 1999 commences. > Note This expression is defined in subs 2 (1) of the Act. Commissioner’s Directions means the Public Service Commissioner’s Directions 1999, as in force at the commencement of these Regulations. eligible public employment, for Part 3 means: (a) eligible public employment within the meaning of Part IV of the old Act; and (b) if Division 3 of Part IV of the old Act applied because of subsection 87K (2A) of that Act — employment with a Commonwealth authority as defined in section 7 of that Act. Joint Selection Committee has the meaning given in section 3 of the Merit Protection Act. \*Merit Protection Act means the Merit Protection (Australian Government Employees) Act 1984. Merit Protection and Review Agency means the Merit Protection and Review Agency established under section 5 of the Merit Protection Act. \*new Act means the Public Service Act 1999. new Regulations means the Public Service Regulations 1999. \*old Act means the Public Service Act 1922. \*old Act employee means an employee within the meaning of the old Act. \*old Act officer means an officer within the meaning of the old Act. old Regulations means the Public Service Regulations 1935. \*pre-commencement misconduct means conduct of an old Act officer or old Act employee before the commencing time that was misconduct for the purposes of Subdivision C, D or E of Division 6 of Part III of the old Act. public authority, for Part 3, means: (a) a person or body, employment with which creates eligible public employment; or (b) an office, the holding of which creates eligible public employment; or (c) if Division 3 of Part IV of the old Act applied because of subsection 87K (2A) of that Act — a Commonwealth authority as defined in section 7 of that Act. redundancy benefit, for Part 3: (a) means a severance payment, or similar payment, made to an employee on cessation of the employee’s employment in an Agency or with a non-APS Commonwealth employer; and (b) includes: (i) any payment made to an employee as a result of the shortening of a retention period; and (ii) any payment made to an SES employee under section 37 of the Act or section 76R of the Public Service Act 1922. > Notes to the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Regulations 1999 > Note 1 > Note: The Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Regulations 1999 (in force under the Public Employment (Consequential and Transitional) Amendment Act 1999) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1999 No. 301 amended as indicated in the Tables below. > Note: Under the Legislative Instruments Act 2003, which came into force on 1 January 2005, it is a requirement for all non-exempt legislative instruments to be registered on the Federal Register of Legislative Instruments. From 1 January 2005 the Statutory Rules series ceased to exist and was replaced with Select Legislative Instruments (SLI series). Numbering conventions remain the same, ie Year and Number. > Note: > Note: Table of Instruments | Year andnumber | Date of notificationin Gazette or FRLI registration | Date ofcommencement | Application, saving ortransitional provisions | | -------------- | --------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------- | | 1999 No. 301 | 4 Dec 1999 | 5 Dec 1999 (see r. 1.2) | | | 2000 No. 332 | 8 Dec 2000 | Rr. 1–3 and Schedule 1: 5 Dec 1999Schedule 2: 23 Dec 1999Schedule 3: 13 Mar 2000 | — | | 2002 No. 87 | 9 May 2002 | 5 Dec 1999 | — | | 2006 No. 50 | 17 Mar 2006 (see F2006L00820) | 27 Mar 2006 (see r. 2) | — | > Note: > Note: Table of Amendments ```html <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:354.9pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">ad. = added or inserted am. = amended rep. = repealed rs. = repealed and substituted</td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">Provision affected</td><td style="width:233pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">How affected</td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">Part 6</td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">R. 6.1................</td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">rs. 2000 No. 332</td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">am. 2000 No. 332</td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">R. 6.2................</td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">ad. 2000 No. 332</td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">Schedule 1</td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">Schedule 1............</td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">rs. 2000 No. 332</td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">am. 2000 No. 332</td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">Dictionary</td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">Dictionary.............</td><td style="width:233pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top">am. 2002 No. 87; 2006 No. 50</td></tr></tbody></table> ```