Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies—
(a) at the end of 2 years after a temporary employee has been continuously employed as a temporary employee in a department; and
(b) at the end of each 1-year period, after the period mentioned in paragraph (a), that a temporary employee has been continuously employed as a temporary employee in the department.
(2) The department's chief executive must, within the period provided for in a commission chief executive directive, decide whether the person's employment in the department is to—
(a) continue as a temporary employee according to the terms of the existing employment; or
(b) be as a general employee on tenure or a public service officer.
(3) In making the decision, the chief executive must consider any criteria for the decision fixed under a directive by the commission chief executive.
(4) If the chief executive does not make the decision within the period, the chief executive is taken to have decided that the person's employment in the department is to continue as a temporary employee according to the terms of the existing employment.
(5) In this section—
temporary employee—
(a) includes a general employee employed on a temporary basis; but
(b) does not include a person employed under section 147 or 148 on a casual basis.