82ABDeclaration of classes of continuing employees

##### 82AB Declaration of classes of continuing employees (1) Subject to this section, the Board may, by instrument published in the Gazette, declare a specified class of employees (not being persons engaged overseas to perform duties overseas) to be a class of employees for the purposes of section 82AC. (2) A declaration made in pursuance of this section (including a declaration referred to in paragraph (a) or (b)) shall not continue in operation for a period exceeding 3 years, but this subsection does not prevent the making of: (a) a further declaration; or (b) a declaration extending the period of operation of an existing declaration. (3) The Board shall not declare a class of employees under subsection (1) unless: (a) it is satisfied that the provisions of this Act relating to the appointment, promotion and transfer of officers are not appropriate to be applied to persons in the proposed class of employees; and (b) if there is or are one or more relevant staff organizations—it has obtained the agreement of the principal relevant staff organization. (4) Subsection (3) does not apply in relation to the declaration, at a particular time, of a class of employees, if the duties of the employees in that class are to be the same as the duties of the employees in one or more classes previously declared under this section, being a class or classes that existed immediately before that time.