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making reports and determinations
PART X—CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
   151. Consequential amendments relating to Secretaries of Departments
   152. Consequential amendments relating to temporary employment
   153. Consequential amendments relating to nationality requirements
   154. Insertion of new section—
          6a. Official Secretary to the Governor-General
PART XI—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
   155. Conversion of part-time employees into part-time officers
   156. Redeployment proceedings in relation to Senior Executive Service officers
   157. Saving of certain regulations
   158. References to temporary employment
   159. Saving of certain proceedings

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1
AMENDMENTS OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922

SCHEDULE 2
AMENDMENTS OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922

SCHEDULE 3
AMENDMENTS OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922

SCHEDULE 4
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SECRETARIES OF
DEPARTMENTS

SCHEDULE 5
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT

SCHEDULE 6
CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

Public Service Reform Act 1984

No. 63 of 1984

An Act relating to reform of the Australian Public Service, and for related purposes

[Assented to 25 June 1984]

BE IT ENACTED by the Queen, and the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:

PART I—PRELIMINARY

Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Public Service Reform Act 1984.

Commencement
2. (1) Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 7, sub-sections 29 (1) and (3), sections 107 and 108, Parts III and IV and sections 125, 138, 142, 144 and 149 shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(2) Section 21, sub-section 29 (2), sections 32, 33 and 35, sub-sections 37 (1) and 38 (1), sections 39, 40 and 41, sub-section 43 (1), sections 44 and 46 to 50 (inclusive), sub-section 56 (1), section 59, sub-sections 87 (1), 96 (2), 97 (4), 99 (3), 100 (2), 104 (2) and 105 (2), section 106, sub-sections 109 (2), 110 (3) and 130 (2) and section 157 shall come into operation immediately after section 27 of the Public Service Acts Amendment Act 1982 comes into operation.

(3) Section 13 and sub-sections 97 (1), 100 (1), 105 (1), 109 (1) and 130 (1) shall come into operation immediately after section 15 of the Public Service Acts Amendment Act 1982 comes into operation.
(4) The remaining provisions of this Act shall come into operation on such day as is, or on such respective days as are, fixed by Proclamation.

PART II—AMENDMENTS OF THE PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 1922

Principal Act
3. The Public Service Act 19221 is in this Part referred to as the Principal Act.
4. After section 5 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

Chief object of Act
"6. The chief object of this Act is to constitute a