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PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT BILL 2010




Public Sector Employment and
Management Amendment Bill 2010
No     , 2010


A Bill for

An Act to amend the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 to make
further provision in relation to appointments to positions in the Public Service.
Clause 1      Public Sector Employment and Management Amendment Bill 2010




The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:                                  1

 1    Name of Act                                                           2

           This Act is the Public Sector Employment and Management          3
           Amendment Act 2010.                                              4

 2    Commencement                                                          5

           This Act commences on the date of assent to this Act.            6




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Public Sector Employment and Management Amendment Bill 2010

Amendment of Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 No 43     Schedule 1




Schedule 1             Amendment of Public Sector                                         1
                       Employment and Management Act 2002                                 2
                       No 43                                                              3

[1]   Section 19 Merit appointment                                                        4

      Insert at the end of section 19 (3A) (b):                                           5
                           , or                                                           6
                     (c) a person who is employed in a Division of the Government         7
                           Service specified in Part 3 of Schedule 1 (a Special           8
                           Employment Division) that is associated with the               9
                           Department, other than any such person who is employed        10
                           on a casual basis or, if employed on a temporary basis, has   11
                           not been employed in the Special Employment Division          12
                           for a continuous period of at least 2 years.                  13

[2]   Section 19 (3B)                                                                    14

      Insert after section 19 (3A):                                                      15

           (3B)    For the purposes of subsection (3A) (c), a Special Employment         16
                   Division is taken to be associated with a Department if the Head      17
                   of that Department is also the Division Head of the Special           18
                   Employment Division.                                                  19

[3]   Section 19 (4)                                                                     20

      Omit "an officer or a Departmental temporary employee".                            21

      Insert instead "a qualified member of staff of the Department within the           22
      meaning of subsection (3A)".                                                       23

[4]   Section 22 Legal proceedings not to be brought in respect of                       24
      appointments etc                                                                   25

      Insert after section 22 (4):                                                       26

             (5)   Nothing in this section prevents any of the following proceedings     27
                   being brought by a member of staff of a Department in relation to     28
                   the appointment of another member of staff of any Department to       29
                   a position in the Public Service:                                     30
                    (a) proceedings under Part 9 of the Anti-Discrimination Act          31
                          1977 in relation to a complaint under that Part,               32
                   (b) proceedings under section 213 of the Industrial Relations         33
                          Act 1996 to enforce the provisions of section 210              34
                          (Freedom from victimisation) of that Act.                      35




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                Public Sector Employment and Management Amendment Bill 2010

Schedule 1      Amendment of Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 No 43




[5]   Schedule 4 Savings, transitional and other provisions                            1
      Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):                                               2

                   Public Sector Employment and Management Amendment Act               3
                   2010                                                                4

[6]   Schedule 4                                                                       5

      Insert at the end of the Schedule with appropriate Part and clause numbering:    6


      Part         Provision consequent on enactment of                                7
                   Public Sector Employment and                                        8
                   Management Amendment Act 2010                                       9

             Proceedings in respect of appointing                                     10

                   Section 22 (5), as inserted by the Public Sector Employment and    11
                   Management Amendment Act 2010, does not apply in relation to       12
                   any appointment made before the commencement of that               13
                   subsection.                                                        14




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