164Leave of absence for service with a State or outside Australia

164 Leave of absence for service with a State or outside Australia

(1) Section 24 of the Principal Act is repealed. (2) Where, before the commencement of this section, leave of absence was granted to a member of the Service under section 24 of the Principal Act for a period commencing on or after, or extending after, the commencement of this section: (a) the repeal of that section does not affect the grant of that leave of absence; (b) any such leave of absence that occurs after the commencement of this section shall be deemed to have been granted in accordance with the terms and conditions (in this paragraph referred to as the relevant provisions) on which the member holds office, or is engaged as a temporary employee, as the case may be, and the conditions (if any) subject to which the leave was granted shall be deemed to be conditions applicable to the grant of that leave under the relevant provisions; and (c) the period during which the member is so absent on leave forms part of his period of service as a member of the Service.