(1)  This section applies to a person who is employed by a totalizator operator during the lead-in period to exercise or perform a function (referred to in this section as "the function" ) of a special employee for the totalizator operator's wagering or gaming operations.

(2)  The Commission, as soon as practicable after the commencement of the lead-in period or, if applicable, after the person is employed, is to issue the person with a special employee's licence under Division 3 of Part 4 authorising the person to exercise or perform the function.

(3)  The special employee's licence remains in force only until the end of the lead-in period in which it is issued but, for the avoidance of doubt, sections 56 , 56A , 60 , 64 and 65 apply to that licence.

(4)  Until the Commission issues the special employee's licence, the person is taken to be the holder of a provisional special employee's licence under Division 3 of Part 4 authorising the person to exercise or perform the function.

(5)  Expressions that are defined in Division 3 of Part 4 and used in this section have the same meaning in this section as they have in that Division.