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Reserves Act 1977

Administration

11: Department may engage persons on contract

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"The Department can hire people to work for them on a contract to help get jobs done."

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The Department can hire people to do work for them with the Minister's approval. They can decide what work needs to be done and what the terms of the contract will be. You can read more about the rules for government employees in the Public Service Act 2020 and the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956. Just because someone has a contract with the Department, it does not mean they are a government employee. The Department makes these decisions to help achieve the purposes of the Reserves Act.

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Part 1Administration

11Department may engage persons on contract

  1. With the consent of the Minister, the Department may from time to time on behalf of the Crown enter into any contracts with persons, on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit, to provide such services or perform such work for any purpose of this Act as the Department may require.

  2. No person shall, by reason only of his or her entering into a contract with the Department under subsection (1), be regarded as being employed in the State services for the purposes of the Public Service Act 2020 or in the Government service for the purposes of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956.

Notes
  • Section 11(2): amended, on , by section 135 of the Public Service Act 2020 (2020 No 40).