Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02927:body:0:p20
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2004A02927
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 51134–54019

"(4) An unattached officer who held an office immediately before becoming an unattached officer shall, until he ceases to be an unattached officer, have a classification corresponding to the classification of that office.
"(5) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall be taken as limiting in any way the provision that may be made by an industrial award to vary the salary applicable in relation to an office or an officer.

Administrative re-arrangements
"29. (1) Where a Department is abolished, the Prime Minister may, in writing—
     (a) create in another Department, or direct the relevant Secretary of another Department to create in that other Department, an office (in this sub-section referred to as the 'substituted office')—
        (i) that has the same classification as an office (in this sub-section referred to as the 'former office') that existed in the first-mentioned Department immediately before it was abolished; and
        (ii) the holder of which is required to perform substantially the same duties as the holder of the former office was required to perform; and
     (b) declare the substituted office to be, or when created to be, in substitution for the former office.
"(2) Where, by virtue of administrative arrangements approved by the Governor-General or by the Prime Minister, a matter is to be dealt with by a different Department from the Department by which that matter was dealt with immediately before those arrangements were approved, the Prime Minister may, in writing—
     (a) abolish, or direct the Secretary of the second-mentioned Department to abolish, an office (in this sub-section referred to as the 'former office') in the second-mentioned Department the holder of which is required to perform duties that—
        (i) relate wholly or mainly to that matter; or
        (ii) are, in the opinion of the Prime Minister, ancilliary to, or attributable to, that matter;
     (b) create, or direct the Secretary of the first-mentioned Department to create, in the first-mentioned Department an office (in this sub-section referred to as the 'substituted office')—
        (i) that has the same classification as the former office; and
        (ii) the holder of which is required to perform substantially the same duties as the holder of the former office was required to perform; and

     (c) declare the substituted office to be, or when created to be, in substitution for the former office.

Re-classification of offices
"29a. (1) The Secretary of a Department may, in writing, alter the classification of an office in the Department to the classification specified in the instrument, being a classification that is an approved classification under sub-section 28 (1).
"(2) The Board may, by notice in writing to the Secretary of a Department, direct the Secretary to alter the classification of an office in a Department or the classification