Commonwealth Numbered Acts

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION ACT 1975 No. 52, 1975 - SECT 39

39. If a person appointed as Commissioner was, immediately before his
appointment, an officer of the Australian Public Service or a person to whom
the Officers' Rights Declaration Act 1928-1973 applied-

   (a)  he retains his existing and accruing rights;

   (b)  for the purpose of determining those rights, his service as
        Commissioner shall be taken into account as if it were service in the
        Australian Public Service; and

   (c)  the Officers' Rights Declaration Act 1928-1973 applies as if this Act
        and this section had been specified in the Schedule to that Act.