EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Determination Number of 2001
DETERMINATION MADE UNDER SUB-SECTION 13A(4) OF THE
Legislative Assembly (Members’ Staff) Act 1989
REINTEGRATION ARRANGEMENTS FOR OFFICERS
Legislative Context
Section 13A of the Legislative Assembly (Members’ Staff) Act 1989 (“the Act”) provides
arrangements for determining applications by officers for reintegration assessments. Subsection
13A(4) provides for the Commissioner for Public Administration to determine the procedures for
choosing an independent officer for a reintegration assessment committee and the procedures the
committee must follow in considering an application.
Outline
ACT public servants employed to work in Members’ offices have a right to return to the
ACT Public Service, and may seek an assessment of their classification and salary as an officer,
when their employment under the Act ceases.
The Act has been amended, with effect from 13 September 2001. The
amendments put in place new reintegration assessment arrangements involving the Commissioner
for Public Administration. These arrangements replace procedures involving the Commonwealth
Merit Protection Commissioner.
Amendments were passed during debate, which require the Commissioner for Public
Administration to determine, by way of a disallowable instrument, the procedures for choosing an
independent officer for reintegration assessment committees and the procedures committees must
follow in considering an application.
This Determination establishes these procedures.