(1) The Commissioner, on behalf of the Commonwealth, may engage persons overseas to perform duties overseas as employees.
(2) The Commissioner, on behalf of the Commonwealth, has all the rights, duties and powers of an employer in respect of persons engaged under this section.
Note: The Commissioner may, under section 35A, authorise special payments to persons engaged under this section.
(3) This section does not, by implication, limit any other power of the Commissioner to engage persons to work overseas.