Paid Parental Leave and Other Legislation Amendment (Dad and Partner Pay and Other Measures) Act 2012 (109 of 2012)

Schedule 2   Other amendments

Part 2   Amendments commencing the day after Royal Assent

Paid Parental Leave Act 2010

42   After subsection 303(3)

Insert:

(3A) If the Secretary delegates any of his or her powers under Division 3 or 5 of Part 4-2 to the Chief Executive Centrelink, the Chief Executive Centrelink cannot, despite any provision in the Human Services (Centrelink) Act 1997, delegate the power to a Departmental employee (within the meaning of that Act) who is neither:

(a) an SES employee; nor

(b) an acting SES employee.

(3B) If the Secretary delegates any of his or her powers under Division 3 or 5 of Part 4-2 to the Chief Executive Medicare, the Chief Executive Medicare cannot, despite any provision in the Human Services (Medicare) Act 1973, delegate the power to a Departmental employee (within the meaning of that Act) who is neither:

(a) an SES employee; nor

(b) an acting SES employee.

Power under paragraph 128(1)(b)