Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A Secretary, on behalf of the Commonwealth, may engage people as employees for the purposes of the relevant Department.
(2) The engagement of a Parliamentary Service employee (including an engagement under section 26) must be:
(a) as an ongoing Parliamentary Service employee; or
(b) for a specified term or for the duration of a specified task; or
(c) for duties that are irregular or intermittent.
Note: The usual basis for engagement is as an ongoing Parliamentary Service employee (see paragraph 10A(1)(b)).
(4) The determinations may prescribe the circumstances in which persons may be engaged as mentioned in paragraph ( 2)(b) or (c).
(5) An engagement for a specified term may be extended, subject to any limitations prescribed by the determinations.
(6) The engagement of a Parliamentary Service employee may be made subject to conditions notified to the employee, including conditions dealing with any of the following matters:
(a) probation;
(b) citizenship;
(c) formal qualifications;
(d) security and character clearances;
(e) health clearances.
(7) Subsection ( 6) does not, by implication, limit the conditions that may be applied to the engagement of a Parliamentary Service employee.
(8) A Secretary must not engage, as a Parliamentary Service employee, a person who is not an Australian citizen, unless the Secretary considers it appropriate to do so.