Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2013A00002:clause:4_4
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2013A00002
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 4
Character Range: 68220–69490

4  Appointments of Secretaries proposed before commencement time
(1) If:
 (a) before the commencement time, the Prime Minister had received a report about a vacancy in the office of the Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department under subsection 58(2) of the old Public Service Act; and
 (b) immediately before the commencement time, no appointment to fill that vacancy had been made under subsection 58(1) of the old Public Service Act;
then, after the commencement time, the report is taken to have been received by the Prime Minister under subsection 58(6) of the new Public Service Act.
(2) If:
 (a) before the commencement time, the Prime Minister had received a report about a vacancy in the office of the Secretary of a Department other than the Prime Minister's Department under subsection 58(3) of the old Public Service Act; and
 (b) immediately before the commencement time, no appointment to fill that vacancy had been made under subsection 58(1) of the old Public Service Act;
then, after the commencement time:
 (c) the report is taken to have been received by the Prime Minister under subsection 58(7) of the new Public Service Act; and
 (d) subsection 58(8) of the new Public Service Act is taken to have been complied with in relation to the report.