8AExempt officers and employees

##### 8A Exempt officers and employees (1) The Governor‑General may, on the recommendation of the Board, by order in writing under his hand, declare that the provisions of this Act or of the regulations specified in the order shall not apply to an officer or employee, or to the officers or employees included in a class of officers or employees, specified in the order. (2) An order under subsection (1) may be expressed to be in force for a period specified in the order and, in that case, the order shall be in force for that period only. (3) The Board may determine the terms and conditions of employment (excluding rates of payment) of an officer or employee in relation to whom an order is in force under subsection (1) but no such determination shall be made in respect of a matter dealt with in a provision of the Act or of the regulations which the order does not declare not to apply to the officer or employee. (3A) Where: (a) an order under this section is in force in relation to an officer or employee; and (b) a determination under subsection (3) that is applicable in relation to the officer or employee is inconsistent with a provision of a determination in force under subsection 9(7A) or section 82D, not being a provision with respect to terms and conditions of employment overseas; that provision does not apply in relation to the officer or employee. (4) An order under this section shall be deemed not to be in force in relation to an officer or employee while terms and conditions of employment determined under subsection 9(7A) or section 82D with respect to employment overseas are applicable to him.