INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2009 - SECT 149
Preservation of rights if public service officer appointed
INFORMATION PRIVACY ACT 2009 - SECT 149
Preservation of rights if public service officer appointed
149 Preservation of rights if public service officer appointed
(1) A public
service officer who is appointed to the office of privacy commissioner or who
is appointed to act in the office is entitled to retain all existing and
accruing rights as if service in the office were a continuation of service as
a public service officer.
(2) If the person stops holding the office for a
reason other than misconduct, the person is entitled to be employed as a
public service officer.
(3) The person must be employed on the classification
level and remuneration that the Public Sector Commission under the
Public Sector Act 2022or another entity prescribed under a regulation
considers the person would have attained in the ordinary course of progression
if the person had continued in employment as a public service officer.
