Public Service Act 1999
 
Determination under subsection 24(3) – SES employees - amendment of determination of 18 September 2013 (No.1)
I, Eric Abetz, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service, being of the opinion that it is desirable to do so because of exceptional circumstances, hereby amend the Determination made on 18 September 2013 under subsection 24(3) of the Public Service Act 1999, Determination under subsection 24(3) –SES employees moved between APS agencies to give effect to the Administrative Arrangements Orders made by the Governor-General in Council on 18 September 2013, as set out in the Schedule, to take effect on and from
31 October 2013.
 
 
Dated this 31st day of October 2013
 
 
Eric Abetz
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service
 
 
SCHEDULE – Amendments
 
1.             Determination
Omit all references to "Minister Assisting the Prime Minister on the Public Service", substitute "Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for the Public Service".
2.             Paragraph 1
Omit the paragraph, substitute:
1.      This Determination applies to a Senior Executive Service employee who has been, or will be, moved from an APS Agency (Losing Agency) to another APS Agency (Gaining Agency) by determination in writing under section 72(1)(a) of the Public Service Act 1999 in order to give effect to the Administrative Arrangements Orders made by the Governor-General in Council on 18 September 2013 as amended on 3 October 2013 (Moving Employee).
3.             After Paragraph 1
Add:
1A        This Determination applies to a Senior Executive Service employee who will be moved from the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID) to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) by determination in writing under section 72(1)(a) of the Public Service Act 1999 to give effect to the order made by the Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council on 17 October 2013, pursuant to section 65 of the Public Service Act 1999, which has the effect of abolishing AusAID as an Executive Agency on 1 November 2013 (Moving Aid Employee).
1B       For the purpose of this Determination, in relation to a Moving Aid Employee:
            (a)        AusAID is the employee's Losing Agency; and
            (b)        DFAT is the employee's Gaining Agency.  
4.             Paragraph 4(c)
Omit "commences operation.", substitute "commences operation; or".
5.             After Paragraph 4(c)
Add:
(d)      the employee commences employment in an APS agency that is not a Gaining Agency to which the employee was moved by determination in writing under section 72(1)(a) of the Public Service Act 1999 (whether by engagement as an APS employee pursuant to section 22(1) of the Public Service Act 1999 or by movement from another APS agency pursuant to section 26 or 27 of the Public Service Act 1999).
6.             Paragraph 6
Omit the paragraph, substitute:
6.          The terms and conditions of employment (including remuneration) of:
(a)        a Moving Employee shall be the same as they would have been if the Governor-General in Council had not made the Administrative Arrangements Orders on 18 September 2013;
(b)        a Moving Aid Employee shall be the same as they would have been if the Administrator of the Commonwealth of Australia had not made the order on 17 October 2013 abolishing AusAID as an Executive Agency,
except that any reference in the terms and conditions to the relevant Losing Agency is substituted with a reference to the relevant Gaining Agency.