Northern Territory Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR EMPLOYMENT AND MANAGEMENT AMENDMENT ACT 2011 (NO 29 OF 2011) - SECT 37

(1)     After section 59(1)(a)

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    (aa)     if aggrieved by a decision of the employee's Chief Executive Officer:

        (i)     under section 44 to take remedial action of a kind mentioned in section 46(1)(b)(i); or

        (ii)     under section 49A to take disciplinary action of a kind mentioned in section 49C(1)(b)(i) to (iv);

    within 14 days after notice of the decision is given to the employee; or

(2)     Section 59(1)(b)

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aggrieved,

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aggrieved;

(3)     Section 59(2)

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shall

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must

(4)     Section 59(2)(a) after "subsection (1)(a)"

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or (aa)

(5)     Section 59(2)(b)

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months,

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months;

(6)     Section 59(4)

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Appeal Board has under section 58

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appeal board has under section 59F

(7)     Section 59(5A)

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    (5A)     The Commissioner may decline to review an action, intended action or decision if satisfied:

    (a)     the request for review is frivolous, vexatious or not made in good faith; or

    (b)     alternative proceedings:

        (i)     have been commenced by, or on behalf of, the employee; and

        (ii)     have neither:

(A)     been withdrawn; nor

(B)     failed for want of jurisdiction.

(8)     After section 59(6)

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    (7)     In this section:

"alternative proceedings" means proceedings under another Act or a law of the Commonwealth or of a State or another Territory, for a review of the action, intended action or decision.