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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).]