FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - SECT 62
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 - SECT 62
62 . Commissioner and staff, additional provisions about
(1) In this section
relevant office means the office of Commissioner or an office or position
under section 61(1).
(2) If a person was a
contributor within the meaning of the
Superannuation and Family Benefits Act 1938 2 immediately before being
appointed to a relevant office the person may continue to be a contributor
under that Act after being appointed.
[(3) deleted]
(4) If a person
occupied an office in the Public Service immediately before being appointed to
a relevant office, the person retains existing and accruing entitlements in
respect of leave of absence as if service in the relevant office were a
continuation of service in the office in the Public Service.
(5) If a person
occupied an office in the Public Service immediately before being appointed to
the office of Commissioner, the person is entitled to be appointed to an
office in the Public Service, not lower in classification and salary than the
office which the person occupied if —
(a) the
person ceases to hold office as Commissioner on the completion of a periodical
appointment; and
(b) at
that time the person is eligible to occupy an office in the Public Service.
(6) A person who
ceases to hold a relevant office and becomes the holder of an office in the
Public Service retains existing and accruing entitlements in respect of leave
of absence as if service in the Public Service were a continuation of service
in the relevant office.
[Section 62 amended: No. 57 of 1997 s. 62(2).]