Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) In this section, 1989 direction means the direction given by the Public Service Commissioner on 9 June 1989 under subsection 33C(2) of the Public Service Act and relating to the inclusion of certain unattached officers in the ACT Branch.
(2) The 1989 direction is to be taken to have had the effect of including in the ACT Branch the unattached officers to whom the direction was expressed to apply and to have so included those officers on 9 June 1989.
(3) A person to whom this subsection applies is to be taken to have been, on 9 June 1989, included in the ACT Branch.
(4) Subsection (3) applies to a person if:
(a) the person was, on 9 June 1989, an unattached officer; and
(b) the last office held by the person before that date was an office the duties of which related, wholly or substantially, to matters that, as at 9 June 1989, were dealt with by the ACT Branch.