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46, 47, 48, 52, 57, 68 and 72, sub-section 74 (2), sections 75, 77 and 82 and Part IV (other than sections 89, 90, 94 and 95) shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Sub-sections 4 (3) and 34 (1), sections 41 and 49, sub-section 51 (2), sections 53, 54 and 64, sub-section 65 (1) and sections 67 and 94 shall be deemed to have come into operation on 15 March 1981.
(3) Section 90 shall come into operation on the day fixed under sub-section 2 (2) of the Australian National Airlines Repeal Act 1981.
(4) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such date as is, or on such respective dates as are, fixed by Proclamation.

PART II—AMENDMENTS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922

Principal Act
3. The Public Service Act 19221 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.

Interpretation
4. (1) Section 7 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (1) the definitions of "Division", "Selection Test" and "the prescribed educational qualification".
(2) Section 7 of the Principal Act is further amended—
     (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) the definition of "Department" and substituting the following definition:
       "'Department' means—
           (a) any Department of the Service (other than a Department of the Service that has been abolished or the name of which has been altered) the name of which is specified, or deemed by virtue of section 7a to be specified, in Schedule 2; or
           (b) a branch or part of the Service in relation to which a person has, under this Act or another Act, the powers of, or exercisable by, a Permanent Head as if that branch or part of the Service were a separate Department;";
     (b) by inserting in sub-section (1) after the definition of "national service" the following definition:
       "'office of Permanent Head' means—
           (a) an office (other than an office that has been abolished or the name of which has been altered) the name of which is specified, or deemed by virtue of sub-section 25 (1) to be specified, in Schedule 3; or
           (b) an office the holder of which has, under this Act or another Act, in relation to a branch or part of the Service, the powers of, or exercisable by, a Permanent Head;";
     (c) by inserting in sub-section (1) after the definition of "overseas" the following definitions:

         "'Permanent Head' means a person for the time being holding, or performing the duties of, an office of Permanent Head;
         'relevant Permanent Head' means the Permanent Head of the Department in connection with which, or in which is employed an officer or employee in connection