(1) On the commencement, a contract employee becomes a public service officer.
(2) Despite anything in the Public Service Act 1996 —
(a) the person
continues to be engaged and employed in the department under the terms of the
person’s contract with the Authority; and
(b) to remove doubt, it is
declared that, if the person’s employment under the contract is terminated
under the terms of the contract, the termination does not affect any rights to
compensation to which the person is entitled under the terms of the contract.
(3) Subject to subsection (2), the person’s contract with the Authority is
taken to be a contract under the Public Service Act 1996 , and that Act
applies to the contract as if it were a contract for a fixed term under that
Act .
(4) The Public Service Act 1996 , section 71 , does not apply to the
person.
(5) A reference in the contract to the Authority as the employer
under the contract is taken to be a reference to the chief executive.