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1976 has effect accordingly.".

33. (1) Section 47 of the Principal Act is repealed and the following section is substituted:

Appointments to be on probation
"47. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), the appointment of a person to the Service as an officer (other than a Secretary) shall, in the first instance, be an appointment on probation.
"(2) The Board may appoint a person to the Service without probation, but—
     (a) shall not so appoint a person who is not an Australian citizen, except in accordance with arrangements approved by the Prime Minister; and
     (b) shall not so appoint a person unless the Board is satisfied—
         (i) after the person has undergone a medical examination approved by the Board, as to the officer's health and physical fitness; or
         (ii) that in the circumstances it is unnecessary to require the person to undergo a medical examination.
"(3) The Board may, at any time within the period of 6 months after an officer is appointed to the Service on probation, confirm the appointment.
"(4) The relevant Secretary may, at any time after an officer is appointed to the Service on probation and before the appointment is confirmed, terminate the appointment.
"(5) The relevant Secretary may, at any time after the end of the period of 6 months after an officer is appointed to the Service on probation, confirm the appointment.
"(6) Where, at the end of the period of 12 months after an officer is appointed to the Service on probation, the appointment has been neither confirmed nor terminated, the relevant Secretary shall, as soon as practicable, confirm or terminate the appointment.
"(7) Where, at the end of the period of 2 years after an officer is appointed to the Service on probation, the appointment has been neither confirmed nor terminated, the appointment shall (unless the officer is not an Australian citizen) be deemed to have been confirmed.
"(8) Where an officer appointed to the Service on probation holds a training office—
     (a) the reference in sub-section (5) to the period of 6 months after an officer is appointed to the Service shall be read as a reference to the period starting when the officer is appointed and ending when the officer completes the course of training concerned;

     (b) the reference in sub-section (6) to the period of 12 months after an officer is appointed to the Service shall be read as a reference to the period starting when the officer is appointed and ending 6 months after the officer completes the course of training concerned; and
     (c) the reference in sub-section (7) to the period of 2 years after an officer is appointed to the Service shall be read as a reference