Public Sector Management (Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care) Order 2001
Gazette No 71 of 20.4.2001, p 1959
This Order is the Public Sector Management (Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care) Order 2001.
2 Establishment of Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care
The Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care is established as a department of the Public Service responsible to the Minister for Ageing and the Minister for Disability Services.
3 Abolition of Ageing and Disability Department and transfer of branches
(1) All branches are removed from the Ageing and Disability Department and added to the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care.(2) The Ageing and Disability Department is abolished as a department of the Public Service.
4 Transfer of branch to new Department
The Disability Services branch is removed from the Department of Community Services and added to the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care.
5 Amendment of Schedule 1 to the Public Sector Management Act 1988
Schedule 1 (Departments) to the Public Sector Management Act 1988 is amended by omitting from Column 1 the words “Ageing and Disability Department” and by inserting instead the words “Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care”.
6 Construction of certain references
(1) A reference in any Act or statutory instrument, or in any other instrument, or in any contract or agreement, to the Ageing and Disability Department is to be construed as a reference to the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care.(2) The reference, in the definition of Department in section 3 (1) of the Home Care Service Act 1988, to the Department of Community Services is to be construed as a reference to the Department of Ageing, Disability and Home Care.