Parliamentary Service Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2007 (Qld)

Queensland Parliamentary Service Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2007 Subordinate Legislation 2007 No. 322 made under the Parliamentary Service Act 1988 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Rule amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of s 9 (Classes of offices where no appeal about appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of s 16 (Classes of office where no advertisement of vacancy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5 Insertion of new s 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 17 Direct appointments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 6 Replacement of schedule (Classes of office where no advertisement of vacancies or appeal against appointments) . . . 4

s1 2 s5 Parliamentary Service Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2007 No. 322, 2007 1 Short title This rule may be cited as the Parliamentary Service Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2007 . 2 Rule amended This rule amends the Parliamentary Service Rule 2000. 3 Amendment of s 9 (Classes of offices where no appeal about appointment) Section 9, ‘the schedule’— omit, insert — ‘schedule 1’. 4 Amendment of s 16 (Classes of office where no advertisement of vacancy) Section 16, ‘the schedule’— omit, insert — ‘schedule 2’. 5 Insertion of new s 17 Part 3— insert— ‘17 Direct appointments ‘(1) The Speaker may fill an office by direct appointment of a person if— (a) the classification level of the office is higher than the classification level of the person’s substantive office; and (b) the person has been seconded to, or temporarily employed in, the office and the secondment or employment was on merit after advertisement of the office; and

s5 3 s5 Parliamentary Service Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2007 No. 322, 2007 (c) the person has undertaken the office’s role for a period totalling at least 2 of the previous 3 years and has been assessed by the Speaker as meeting the agreed performance objectives of the role. ‘(2) The Speaker may also fill an office by direct appointment of a person if— (a) the office is a reclassification of the person’s substantive office; and (b) the reclassification is one classification level higher than the classification level of the person’s substantive office; and (c) the person was not appointed to the substantive office at that classification level by a previous reclassification of the substantive office; and (d) the person has undertaken the substantive office’s role for a period totalling at least 2 of the previous 3 years and has been assessed by the Speaker as meeting the agreed performance objectives of the role. ‘(3) However, the Speaker may not fill an office by direct appointment under subsection (1) or (2) if the Speaker considers the office’s role is equivalent to a senior officer or senior executive role under the Public Service Act 1996. ‘(4) The Speaker may also fill an office by direct appointment of a person if— (a) the person has been temporarily employed in a role at the classification level of the office and the employment was on merit after advertisement of the temporary role; and (b) the person has undertaken the temporary role for a continuous period of 2 years and has been assessed by the Speaker as meeting the agreed performance objectives of the role. ‘(5) The Clerk must keep a record of the number, type and classification level of direct appointments made each financial year.

s6 4 s6 Parliamentary Service Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2007 No. 322, 2007 ‘(6) For auditing and reporting purposes, the records are to be kept for at least 1 year after the end of the financial year to which they relate. ‘(7) In this section— merit means merit having regard to the matters mentioned in the Public Service Act 1996 , section 78(2). 1 ’. 6 Replacement of schedule (Classes of office where no advertisement of vacancies or appeal against appointments) Schedule— omit, insert — ‘Schedule 1 Classes of offices where no appeal about appointment section 9 1 an office designated to be— (a) in the office of the Speaker; or (b) in the electorate office of a member of the Legislative Assembly 2 the office of the Clerk of the Parliament 3 any of the following offices— (a) administrative officer, classification level 1 or 2; (b) operational officer, classification level 1 or 2; (c) professional officer, classification level 1 or 2; (d) technical officer, classification level 1 or 2 4 an office to be filled under a provision of the award providing for an officer’s appointment to the office without the vacancy for the office being advertised 1 Public Service Act 1996 , section 78 (Selection for appointment to be on merit)

s6 5 s6 Parliamentary Service Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2007 No. 322, 2007 5 an office to be filled by an officer seconded to the office from another office at the same classification level as the office from which the officer was seconded 6 an office to be filled, on a temporary basis, for not more than 1 year 7 an office to be filled by an officer seconded to the office from another office for not more than 1 year 8 an office to be filled by a transfer or deployment of an officer at the same classification level as the office from which the officer was transferred or deployed 9 an office to be filled by redeployment at a lower classification level than the office from which the officer was redeployed ‘Schedule 2 Classes of office where no advertisement of vacancy section 16 1 an office designated to be— (a) in the office of the Speaker; or (b) in the electorate office of a member of the Legislative Assembly 2 the office of the Clerk of the Parliament 3 any of the following offices— (a) administrative officer, classification level 1 or 2; (b) operational officer, classification level 1 or 2; (c) professional officer, classification level 1 or 2; (d) technical officer, classification level 1 or 2 4 an office to be filled under a provision of the award providing for an officer’s appointment to the office without the vacancy for the office being advertised

s6 6 s6 Parliamentary Service Amendment Rule (No. 1) 2007 No. 322, 2007 5 an office to be filled by an officer seconded to the office from another office at the same classification level as the office from which the officer was seconded 6 an office to be filled, on a temporary basis, for not more than 1 year 7 an office to be filled by an officer seconded to the office from another office for not more than 1 year 8 an office to be filled by a transfer or deployment of an officer at the same classification level as the office from which the officer was transferred or deployed 9 an office to be filled by redeployment at a lower classification level than the office from which the officer was redeployed 10 an office to be filled by direct appointment under section 17’. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Speaker on 28 November 2007. 2 Notified in the gazette on 7 December 2007. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of the Premier and Cabinet. © State of Queensland 2007