Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Minister may, by writing, declare that a specified office or appointment is a principal executive office.
(2) The Minister may, by writing, declare that a specified principal executive office is assigned to a specified classification within the classification structure determined by the Tribunal under subsection 5(2A).
(3) A declaration made under subsection ( 2) as to the classification to which a principal executive office is assigned may state that the assignment of the office to the classification is a temporary assignment. If the declaration so states, the assignment ceases to be an assignment of the office to the classification at the end of the term of appointment of the person who held the office when the assignment was made.
(4) If the Minister makes a declaration under subsection ( 2) as to the classification to which a principal executive office is assigned, the Minister may give a notice in writing to the employing body for the office fixing the remuneration within that classification that is to be the commencing remuneration for the office.
(5) A notice given under subsection ( 4) fixing a commencing remuneration for a principal executive office may state that the remuneration so fixed is a temporary commencing remuneration. If the notice so states, that remuneration ceases to be the commencing remuneration for the office at the end of the term of appointment of the person who held the office when the notice was given.
(6) For each declaration under this section, the Minister must seek the advice of the Tribunal and take that advice into account.