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Government Owned Corporations Act 1993
sec.153Right of return to public service
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### sec.153 Right of return to public service
If—
a person becomes employed by a GOC in a permanent or full-time capacity within 1 year after the GOC becomes a GOC; and
the person was an officer of the public service, who was employed in a permanent or full-time capacity, immediately before becoming employed by the GOC; and
the person elects to re-become an officer of the public service within that period of 1 year or any further period that the shareholding Ministers allow;
the person is entitled to re-become an officer of the public service.
If the person re-becomes an officer of the public service under subsection (1) —
the person’s initial terms of employment must not be less favourable than the terms of employment that applied to the person before the person became employed by the GOC; and
for the purpose of calculating and providing the person’s superannuation and leave entitlements, the person is to be treated as—
not having left the public service when the person became employed by the GOC; and
having been an officer of the public service while the person was employed by the GOC.
(sec.153-ssec.1) If— a person becomes employed by a GOC in a permanent or full-time capacity within 1 year after the GOC becomes a GOC; and the person was an officer of the public service, who was employed in a permanent or full-time capacity, immediately before becoming employed by the GOC; and the person elects to re-become an officer of the public service within that period of 1 year or any further period that the shareholding Ministers allow; the person is entitled to re-become an officer of the public service.
(sec.153-ssec.2) If the person re-becomes an officer of the public service under subsection (1) — the person’s initial terms of employment must not be less favourable than the terms of employment that applied to the person before the person became employed by the GOC; and for the purpose of calculating and providing the person’s superannuation and leave entitlements, the person is to be treated as— not having left the public service when the person became employed by the GOC; and having been an officer of the public service while the person was employed by the GOC.
- (a) a person becomes employed by a GOC in a permanent or full-time capacity within 1 year after the GOC becomes a GOC; and
- (b) the person was an officer of the public service, who was employed in a permanent or full-time capacity, immediately before becoming employed by the GOC; and
- (c) the person elects to re-become an officer of the public service within that period of 1 year or any further period that the shareholding Ministers allow;
- (a) the person’s initial terms of employment must not be less favourable than the terms of employment that applied to the person before the person became employed by the GOC; and
- (b) for the purpose of calculating and providing the person’s superannuation and leave entitlements, the person is to be treated as— (i) not having left the public service when the person became employed by the GOC; and (ii) having been an officer of the public service while the person was employed by the GOC.
- (i) not having left the public service when the person became employed by the GOC; and
- (ii) having been an officer of the public service while the person was employed by the GOC.
- (i) not having left the public service when the person became employed by the GOC; and
- (ii) having been an officer of the public service while the person was employed by the GOC.