Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT (REDEPLOYMENT AND REDUNDANCY) REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 14

14 .         Retraining of registered employees

        (1)         An employing authority may arrange for a registered employee to be employed for retraining purposes inside or outside the Public Sector in an office, post or position other than his or her present or former office, post or position under that employing authority.

        (2)         Subject to this regulation the arrangements for the retraining of a registered employee, and the terms and conditions that apply to the retraining, are to be as agreed between — 

            (a)         the employee;

            (b)         the employing authority of the employee;

            (c)         the employer or employing authority that employs the employee for retraining purposes; and

            (d)         the Minister.

        (3)         A registered employee shall not be employed for retraining purposes for a period of more than — 

            (a)         6 months; or

            (b)         such longer period as the Minister allows in writing for that employee.

        (4)         An employing authority which arranges for a registered employee to be employed for retraining purposes shall bear the whole cost of that arrangement, unless it is otherwise agreed between that employing authority and the employing authority or employer which employs the registered employee for retraining purposes.

        (5)         A period of employment of a registered employee for retraining purposes is, if regulation 18(4) applies to the registered employee, to be disregarded for the purposes of calculating the period of 6 months referred to in that regulation.