sec.31Provisions concerning superannuation

### sec.31 Provisions concerning superannuation A person who immediately before the person’s appointment to an office provided for by this Act was an officer within the meaning of the State Service Superannuation Act 1972 shall, while the person continues in an appointment to an office provided for by this Act, be deemed to be employed by or under the Crown in a permanent capacity for the purposes of that Act and the Public Service Superannuation Act 1958 . Where— a person who while the person held an office provided for by this Act was a contributor within the meaning of the State Service Superannuation Act 1972 ; and the tenure of the office of that person has been terminated by reason of the person’s resignation from the office or the expiration of the term of the person’s appointment or reappointment to the office; and that person is entitled to be such a contributor by reason that the person has duly exercised the person’s entitlement conferred by section 29 (1) ; the termination of the person’s tenure of office shall not be taken to be a resignation or dismissal referred to in section 35 of the State Service Superannuation Act 1972 , the person shall not be taken to have ceased to be a contributor for the purposes of the Public Service Superannuation Act 1958 by reason of that termination and the person shall be deemed to have continued to be an officer within the meaning of those Acts at all times since that termination. s 31 amd 2000 No. 52 s 48 sch (sec.31-ssec.1) A person who immediately before the person’s appointment to an office provided for by this Act was an officer within the meaning of the State Service Superannuation Act 1972 shall, while the person continues in an appointment to an office provided for by this Act, be deemed to be employed by or under the Crown in a permanent capacity for the purposes of that Act and the Public Service Superannuation Act 1958 . (sec.31-ssec.2) Where— a person who while the person held an office provided for by this Act was a contributor within the meaning of the State Service Superannuation Act 1972 ; and the tenure of the office of that person has been terminated by reason of the person’s resignation from the office or the expiration of the term of the person’s appointment or reappointment to the office; and that person is entitled to be such a contributor by reason that the person has duly exercised the person’s entitlement conferred by section 29 (1) ; the termination of the person’s tenure of office shall not be taken to be a resignation or dismissal referred to in section 35 of the State Service Superannuation Act 1972 , the person shall not be taken to have ceased to be a contributor for the purposes of the Public Service Superannuation Act 1958 by reason of that termination and the person shall be deemed to have continued to be an officer within the meaning of those Acts at all times since that termination. - (a) a person who while the person held an office provided for by this Act was a contributor within the meaning of the State Service Superannuation Act 1972 ; and - (b) the tenure of the office of that person has been terminated by reason of the person’s resignation from the office or the expiration of the term of the person’s appointment or reappointment to the office; and - (c) that person is entitled to be such a contributor by reason that the person has duly exercised the person’s entitlement conferred by section 29 (1) ;