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108 Staff (1) The persons who immediately before the date of commencement of this section held office under the **Public Service Act 1974** for the purposes of a relevant law, being a law under which a former authority was established, continue from the date of commencement of this section and subject to the **Public Service Act 1974** to be officers for the purposes of that relevant law. (2) The persons who immediately before the date of commencement of this section were officers and employees under the **Public Service Act 1974** for the purposes of a former authority continue from that date and subject to the **Public Service Act 1974** to be officers and employees for the purposes of the Director-General. (3) The persons who immediately before the commencement of this section were officers and employees for the purposes of the **Ministry for Conservation Act 1972** continue subject to the **Public Service Act 1974** to be officers and employees in the Department. (4) The employees who immediately before the date of commencement of this section were employees of the Superintendent of Vermin and Noxious Weeds Destruction become on that date employees of the Director-General. (5) The terms and conditions of employment (including classification, salary, accrued benefits and entitlements, and long service leave) of a person to whom subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4) apply are to be no less favourable than the terms and conditions on which the person was employed immediately before the date of commencement of this section. (6) An officer or an employee to whom subsection (1), (2), (3) or (4) applies and who— S. 108(6)(a) amended by No. 50/1988 s. 93(2) (Sch. 2 Pt 2 item 5) (as amended by No. 81/1988 s. 34(a)). (a) was immediately before the commencement of this section an officer within the meaning of the **State Superannuation Act 1988**, continues from the date of commencement of this section to be such an officer; or (b) was immediately before the commencement of this section a permanent employee within the meaning of the **Local Authorities Superannuation Act 1958** or the **State Employees Retirement Benefits Act 1979**, continues from the date of commencement of this section to be such a permanent employee— despite anything to the contrary in this Act or those Acts. (7) For the purposes of this section the terms and conditions of employment relating to long service leave or sick leave (whether determined by an Act or subordinate instrument or otherwise), service as an officer or employee of a former authority are to be treated as service of an officer or employee of the Director-General. (8) In relation to persons transferred to the employment of the Director-General under this section, the Director-General has powers of employment and dismissal and the power to determine terms and conditions of employment. Ss 109, 110 repealed by No. 76/1998 s. 3(1)(ab).