8Employment and remuneration

8 Employment and remuneration

8 Employment and remuneration

(1) The office of the advocate is a statutory office and the provisions of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 relating to the employment of Public Service employees do not apply to the office, except as provided by this clause.

(2) The following provisions of, or made under, the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 relating to the employment of Public Service senior executives apply to the advocate—

(a) provisions relating to the band in which an executive will be employed,

(b) provisions relating to the contract of employment of an executive,

(c) provisions relating to the remuneration, employment benefits and allowances of an executive,

(d) provisions relating to the termination of employment of an executive.

(3) For the purposes of applying the provisions of the Government Sector Employment Act 2013 to the advocate under subclause (2), a reference to the employer of a Public Service senior executive is taken to be a reference to the Minister.

cl 8: Ins 2021 (381), cl 3. Renumbered as cl 17, 2021 (525), Sch 1[6]. Ins 2021 (525), Sch 1[4].