5Application of Act

5 Application of Act

(1)  Subject to this section, this Act applies to and in relation to officers and employees.

(2)  This Act does not apply to or in relation to –

(a) a person who is remunerated by fees, allowances or commission only; or

(b) a person who is employed in an honorary capacity only; or

(c) a person in respect of whom an arrangement under section 46(1)(a) is in force.

(3)  The Governor may, by order, declare that any specified provision or provisions of this Act do not apply to –

(a) persons specified in the order; or

(b) a class of persons specified in the order; or

(c) Agencies specified in the order; or

(d) positions or a class of positions specified in the order –

being persons to whom or Agencies or positions to which that provision or those provisions would have applied but for the order.

(4)  An order made under subsection (3) may be expressed to be in force for a period specified in the order, in which case the order is to be in force for the period so specified and then cease to have effect.

(5)  The provisions of section 47(3) , (3A) , (4) , (5) , (6) and (7) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1931 apply to an order made under subsection (3) as if the order were regulations.