1 Subsection 3(1)
Insert:
2 Subsection 3(1)
Insert:
3 Subsection 3(1) (definition of Director)
Omit "such office in the Department as is designated", substitute "the position in the Protective Service created".
4 Subsection 3(1) (definition of protective service officer)
Omit "such office in the Department as is designated", substitute "a position in the Protective Service created".
5 Subsection 3(1) (definition of Secretary)
Repeal the definition.
6 Subsection 3(2)
Omit "subsection 5(2),".
7 Section 5
Repeal the section, substitute:
5 Establishment of Protective Service
8 Section 7
Repeal the section, substitute:
7 Director of Protective Service
9 Section 8
Repeal the section, substitute:
8 Protective service officers other than Director
10 Section 10
Omit "his or her office unless the protective service officer", substitute "a protective service officer unless he or she".
11 Section 10
Omit "Secretary", substitute "Commissioner".
12 Section 11
Omit "Secretary", substitute "Commissioner".
13 Subsection 12(1)
Omit "Secretary", substitute "Commissioner".
14 Subsection 12(3)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:
the latter prevails and the former, to the extent of the inconsistency, is invalid.
15 Subsection 19(6)
Omit "a person occupying such office in the Department as", substitute "the APS employee in the Protective Service who".
16 Subsection 20(4)
Omit "a person occupying such office in the Department as", substitute "the APS employee in the Protective Service who".
17 Section 23
Omit "Secretary", substitute "Commissioner".
18 Section 23
Omit "the person occupying a specified office in the Department", substitute "an APS employee in the Protective Service".
19 Subsection 24(1)
Omit "protective service officer", substitute "APS employee in the Protective Service".
20 Subsection 24(1)
Omit all the words after "Director under this", substitute:
Act, other than:
21 Subsection 25(1)
Omit "Secretary" (wherever occurring), substitute "Commissioner".
Note: The heading to section 25 is altered by omitting "Secretary" and substituting "Commissioner".
22 Subsection 25(1)
Omit "protective service officer", substitute "APS employee in the Protective Service".
23 Subsection 25(2)
Omit "Secretary", substitute "Commissioner".
24 Subsection 25(3)
Omit "Secretary" (wherever occurring), substitute "Commissioner".
25 At the end of Part IV
Add:
27 Annual report
26 Transitionalpositions
(1) An office designated by the Secretary
under section 7 or 8 of the Australian Protective Service Act 1987 as in
force immediately before the commencement of this Act continues in existence
under the Australian Protective Service Act 1987 as amended by this Act as if
it were a position created by the Commissioner under that section as amended.
(2) To avoid doubt:
27 Transitionaloaths and affirmations
An oath or affirmation made and subscribed under section 10 of the Australian Protective Service Act 1987 as in force immediately before the commencement of this Act is also taken to be an oath or affirmation made and subscribed under that section as amended by this Act.
28 Transitionalgeneral orders
General orders in force under section 12 of the Australian Protective Service Act 1987 immediately before the commencement of this Act continue to be in force under that section as amended by this Act as if they were issued with the written approval of the Commissioner.
29 Transitionalsection 23 certificates
A certificate signed by the Secretary for the purposes of section 23 of the Australian Protective Service Act 1987 as in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, has effect on and after the commencement of this Act as if it were signed by the Commissioner.