70DApplication of provisions of section 22B to officers of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization

70D Application of provisions of section 22B to officers of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization (1) For the purposes of subsection 22B (14) of the Act, the provisions of section 22B of the Act apply, subject to subsection (2), to and in relation to the employment of persons employed as officers of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization. (2) In the application, in accordance with subregulation (1), of section 22B of the Act: (a) a reference to a Department, to the Department or to Departments shall be read as a reference to the Australian Security Intelligence Organization; (b) the definition of employment matters in subsection (1) shall have effect as if subparagraph (b) (ii) were omitted; (c) references to employees shall be omitted; (d) in paragraph (b) of the definition of “equal employment opportunity program” in subsection (1), and “in the Service generally” shall be omitted; (e) “relevant staff organizations in relation to officers in the Department” (wherever occurring) shall be omitted and “the staff association referred to in Determination No. 4 of 1985 made under section 86 of the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Act 1979” substituted; (f) the references in subsection (3) to the commencement of section 22B of the Act shall be read as references to the commencement of this regulation; and (g) a reference to the Secretary, to the relevant Secretary or to Secretaries shall be read as a reference to the Director‑General of Security holding office under the Australian Security Intelligence Organization Act 1979.