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shall be read as a reference to—

         (i) in the case of the Department of the Senate—the President;
         (ii) in the case of the Department of the House of Representatives—the Speaker; and
         (iii) in the case of each other Parliamentary Department—the President and the Speaker; and
     (c) 'officer of the Parliament' and 'employee of the Parliament' have the same meanings as those expressions have in section 9.
"(2) The person who is the relevant Presiding Officer, or the persons who are the relevant Presiding Officers, in relation to a Parliamentary Department shall, as soon as practicable after 30 June in each year, cause a report concerning the operation of that Parliamentary Department during the year that ended on that 30 June to be prepared and to be laid before—
     (a) the Senate, in the case of a report concerning the Department of the Senate;
     (b) the House of Representatives, in the case of a report concerning the Department of the House of Representatives; and
     (c) each House of the Parliament, in the case of a report concerning any of the other Parliamentary Departments.
"(3) Nothing in this section shall be taken to affect any means by which a member of a House of the Parliament might seek information from the President or the Speaker, or the President and the Speaker, concerning any matter related to the administration of a Parliamentary Department.".
(2) If this section comes into operation on a date after 30 June in any year and before the next following 1 January, the first report in relation to each Parliamentary Department under section 9b of the Principal Act as amended by this Act shall relate to the period commencing on the date of commencement of this section and ending on 30 June next following that date and shall so relate to that period as if that period were a year.
(3) If this section comes into operation on a date after 31 December in any year and before the next following 1 July, the first report in relation to each Parliamentary Department under section 9b of the Principal Act as amended by this Act shall relate to the period commencing on the date of commencement of this section and ending on 30 June second occurring after that date and shall so relate to that period as if that period were a year.

Constitution of the Public Service
7. Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting "the offices in the several Departments specified in Schedule 2" and substituting "offices in Departments".

Appointment of Public Service Board
8. Section 11 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by omitting from sub-section (1) ", and on the happening