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Public Service Act, 1994 (Act No. 103 of 1994)

Chapter III : Organisation and Staff

8. Composition of public service

 

(1) The public service shall consist of persons who are employed—
(a) in posts on the establishment of departments; and
(b) additional to the establishment of departments.

 

(2) Subject to the prescribed conditions, any person referred to in subsection (1) may be employed permanently or temporarily and in a full-time or part-time capacity.

 

(3) For the purpose of this Act, in relation to employment—
(a) the word 'permanently' or 'permanent', in respect of an employee, means an employee to whom a retirement age referred to in section 16 applies; and
(b) the word 'temporarily' or 'temporary', in respect of an employee, means not permanently employed.

 

[Section 8 substituted by section 11 of Act No. 30 of 2007]