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the first report that is furnished to the Prime Minister, under section 22 of that Act, after the expiration of that financial year.
(3) If this section comes into operation during the last 6 months of a financial year, the Board shall report on the operation of section 22a of the Public Service Act 1922, in relation to the period commencing on the day on which this section comes into operation and expiring at the end of that financial year, in the first report that is furnished to the Prime Minister, under section 22 of that Act, after the expiration of the financial year next succeeding that financial year.
11. (1) After section 22a of the Principal Act the following section is inserted in Part IIa:

Equal employment opportunity programs
"22b. (1) In this section, unless the contrary intention appears—
'employment matters', in relation to a Department, means—
        (a) the selection of persons for appointment as officers, or for employment as employees, in the Department;
        (b) the promotion and transfer of—
          (i) officers to offices in the Department; and
          (ii) officers in the Department to offices in other Departments;
        (c) training and staff development for officers and employees in the Department;
        (d) conditions of service of officers and employees in the Department; and
        (e) any other matter related to the employment of officers and employees in the Department;
     'equal employment opportunity program', in relation to a Department, means a program designed to ensure that—
        (a) appropriate action is taken to eliminate unjustified discrimination against women and persons in designated groups in relation to employment matters in the Department; and
        (b) measures are taken to enable women and persons in designated groups to—
          (i) compete for promotion and transfer in the Department and in the Service generally; and
          (ii) pursue careers in the Department and in the Service generally,
      as effectively as other persons;
     'program' includes—
        (a) the particular objectives to be achieved by the program;
        (b) the policies to be adopted, and the procedures to be followed, to achieve those objectives;
        (c) the quantitative or other indicators against which the effectiveness of the program is to be assessed; and
        (d) the allocation of staff and other resources to the task of giving effect to the program.
     'unjustified discrimination' includes discrimination that is unlawful under the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 or the Sex Discrimination Act 1984.

"(2) Without limiting the generality of the definition of 'equal employment opportunity program' in sub-section (1), the equal employment opportunity program for a Department shall include provision for action to be taken to—
     (a) examine practices in relation to employment matters in the Department to identify—
        (i) any practices that unjustifiably discriminate against women or