6Authority to pay salaries

6 Authority to pay salaries

(1)  Salaries of officers and employees are to be paid in accordance with the Financial Management Act 2016 .

(2)  An officer or employee may, at the request of the officer or employee, be paid, at the commencement of any period of recreation leave, or sick leave, granted to the officer or employee, the employee’s salary in full in respect of the whole of that period.

(3)  On the death of an officer or employee, any salary owing to the officer or employee is to be paid –

(a) to the legal personal representative of the officer or employee; or

(b) if the relevant Head of Agency so directs – to the spouse of the officer or employee or to any person who the Head of Agency is satisfied was dependent on the officer or the employee at the time of the death of the officer or employee.

(4)  Subregulations (2) and (3) do not apply in respect of long service leave under the Long Service Leave (State Employees) Act 1994 .