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section comes into operation during the first 6 months of a financial year, the Board shall report on the operation of section 22c of the Public Service Act 1922, in relation to the period commencing on the day on which this section comes into operation and ending on the expiration 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 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 22c 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.
(4) The Secretary of each Department shall include in the Annual Report of the Department to be laid before each House of the Parliament information on the implementation and operation of industrial democracy plans in that Department under section 22c of the Public Service Act 1922.

Division Heading
13. The heading to Division 1 of Part III of the Principal Act is repealed and the following heading is substituted:

"Division 1—Secretaries of Departments, the Senior Executive Service and Chief Officers".

Secretaries of Departments
14. (1) Section 25 of the Principal Act is amended—
     (a) by inserting in sub-section (2) ", under the Minister," after "Department shall";
     (b) by omitting sub-section (3) and substituting the following sub-section:
    "(3) The Secretary of a Department may, in any case in which he thinks fit, exercise all or any of the powers, or perform all or any of the functions, conferred by—
        (a) a relevant Act;
        (b) the regulations made under a relevant Act;
        (c) a determination under sub-section 9 (7a) or section 82d; or
        (d) an industrial award,
    on a Chief Officer of the Department, and, for the purposes of the exercise of such powers, or the performance of such functions, by the Secretary, any reference in the relevant Act, the regulations, the determination or the industrial award, as the case requires, to a Chief Officer shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be read as a reference to the Secretary."; and
     (c) by omitting sub-sections (5) and (6) and substituting the following sub-section:
        "(5) In sub-section (3), 'relevant Act' means—
        (a) this Act; and
        (b) the Merit Protection (Australian Government Employees) Act 1984.".
(2) Notwithstanding the omission of sub-sections 25 (5) and (6) of the Principal Act by sub-section