Public Sector Regulation 2023 (Qld)

Public Sector Regulation 2023

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Public Sector Regulation 2023.

2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 March 2023.

3 Definitions The dictionary in schedule 2 defines particular words used in this regulation.

Part 2 Secondments, transfers or redeployments, and appeals

4 Application of secondment provisions to particular public sector entities— Act , s 159 (1) For section 159(1)(a) of the Act, chapter 4, part 4, division 2 of the Act is to apply to a public sector employee mentioned in subsection (3) employed in any of the following public sector entities— (a) the Queensland Ambulance Service; (b) Queensland Fire and Rescue; (c) Rural Fire Service Queensland. (2) For section 159(1)(b) of the Act, chapter 4, part 4, division 2 of the Act is to apply to— (a) a public sector entity mentioned in subsection (1) as if it were a public service entity; and (b) the head of a public sector entity mentioned in subsection (1) as if the head were the chief executive of a public service entity; and (c) each public sector employee mentioned in subsection (3) as if the employee were a public service officer. (3) For section 159(2) of the Act, subsections (1) and (2) apply to— (a) for the Queensland Ambulance Service— (i) the service; and (ii) the chief executive of the service; and (iii) persons employed in the service under the Ambulance Service Act 1991, section 13; and (b) for Queensland Fire and Rescue or Rural Fire Service Queensland— (i) the fire services under the Fire Services Act 1990; and (ii) the commissioner under the Fire Services Act 1990; and (iii) persons employed in the fire services under the Fire Services Act 1990, section 25.