33Recognition of service with Forestry corporation

33 Recognition of service with Forestry corporation

(1)  In this section –

continuous employment has the same meaning as in the Long Service Leave Act 1976 or the Long Service Leave (State Employees) Act 1994 , as the case may be.

(2)  If a person who is employed by the Forestry corporation resigns after the commencement of this Act and is appointed under the State Service Act 2000 to a position in the responsible Department in relation to the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002 , that person's period of service with the Forestry corporation is taken to be continuous employment with the State Service –

(a) for the purposes of calculating the long service leave which that person will be entitled to, or eligible for, under the Long Service Leave (State Employees) Act 1994 ; and

(b) for the purposes of calculating any redundancy payment if the employee is made redundant from the State Service.

(3)  If the Long Service Leave Act 1976 applies to a person referred to in subsection (2) , that person may elect in writing, on the day on which that person gives notice of his or her resignation, to not be paid in accordance with section 12(4) of that Act.

(4)  If the Long Service Leave (State Employees) Act 1994 applies to a person referred to in subsection (2) , that person may elect in writing, on the day on which that person gives notice of his or her resignation, to not be paid the allowance specified in section 20(2) of that Act.

(5)  On appointment under the State Service Act 2000 , a person referred to in subsection (2) is entitled, subject to subsection (11) , to the amount of long service leave that the person would have been entitled to, or been eligible for, on that person's date of resignation if –