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for employment under the Public Service Act, or whose employment under that Act was authorized," and substituting "employed under section 82 of the Public Service Act".
(4) Section 18 of the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 is amended by omitting from sub-section (2) "selected for employment under the Public Service Act, or whose employment under that Act was authorized," and substituting "employed under section 82 of the Public Service Act".
(5) Section 25 of the Members of Parliament (Staff) Act 1984 is amended by omitting from sub-section (2) "selected for employment under the Public Service Act, or whose employment under that Act was authorized," and substituting "employed under section 82 of the Public Service Act".

Consequential amendments relating to nationality requirements
153. The Acts set out in Schedule 6 are amended as set out in that Schedule.
154. After section 6 of the Freedom of Information Act 1982 the following section is inserted:

Official Secretary to the Governor-General
"6a. (1) This Act does not apply to any request for access to a document of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General unless the document relates to matters of an administrative nature.
"(2) For the purposes of this Act, a document in the possession of a person employed under section 13 of the Governor-General Act 1974 that is in his possession by reason of his employment under that section shall be taken to be in the possession of the Official Secretary to the Governor-General.".

PART XI—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Conversion of part-time employees into part-time officers
155. Where—
     (a) immediately before the commencement of this section an employee was employed in a Department on a part-time basis;
     (b) an office in the Department is declared by the relevant Secretary under sub-section 29b (1) of the Public Service Act 1922 to be a part-time office; and
     (c) the Board declares that this section is to apply to the person in relation to the office,
the following provisions have effect:
     (d) the employee shall, upon the making of the declaration by the Board, be deemed to be appointed to the Service and to be appointed to the office;
     (e) the provisions of sections 33 and 34 of the Public Service Act 1922 shall be deemed to have been complied with in relation to the appointment.

Redeployment proceedings in relation to Senior Executive Service officers
156. Where a person—
     (a) was, immediately before the commencement of sub-section 127 (2), a declared employee within the meaning of the Commonwealth Employees (Redeployment and Retirement) Act 1979; and

     (b) becomes, after the commencement of that sub-section and while the declaration continues in force, a Senior Executive Service officer,
the following provisions have effect:
     (c) the redeployment declaration in respect