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43Model contracts of employment for Public Service senior executives (including Secretaries of Departments and other agency heads) and for statutory officers
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#### 43 Model contracts of employment for Public Service senior executives (including Secretaries of Departments and other agency heads) and for statutory officers
43 Model contracts of employment for Public Service senior executives (including Secretaries of Departments and other agency heads) and for statutory officers
> > (1) The contract of employment specified in Schedule 1 is, for the purposes of section 39 (3) of the Act, prescribed as the model contract of employment for a Public Service senior executive other than the Secretary of a Department or the head of any other Public Service agency.
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> > (2) The contract of employment specified in Schedule 2 is, for the purposes of section 39 (3) of the Act, prescribed as the model contract of employment for the Secretary of a Department or the head of any other Public Service agency.
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> > (3) The contract of employment specified in Schedule 3 is, for the purposes of section 39 (3) of the Act, prescribed as the model contract of employment for a statutory officer—
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> > > (a) to whom the senior executive employment provisions apply under and in accordance with the Act under which the statutory officer is appointed, and
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> > > (b) who is appointed to office after the commencement of the [Government Sector Employment Rules (Amendment No 4—Model Contracts) 2015](/view/pdf/asmade/sl-2015-358).
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> > See also clause 14 of Schedule 4 to the Act which provides that the senior executive employment provisions do not apply in relation to certain statutory officers who were holding office on 4.7.2014.
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> > (4) For the purposes of subrule (3), the senior executive employment provisions are the provisions of or made under the [Government Sector Employment Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2013-040) relating to the employment of Public Service senior executives.
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> > (5) The provisions of a model contract of employment prescribed under this rule—
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> > > (a) are mandatory (except any provisions that are not applicable as indicated in the model contract), and
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> > > (b) are subject to the Act, the [Government Sector Employment Regulation 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/sl-2014-0060) and these Rules.
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> > (6) Subrule (3) does not apply in relation to a Deputy Ombudsman or an Assistant Ombudsman.
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> > (7) The amendments to Schedules 1 and 2 made by the [Government Sector Employment Rules (Amendment No 4—Model Contracts) 2015](/view/pdf/asmade/sl-2015-358) do not apply to contracts of employment entered into before the commencement of those amendments.
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> **rule 43:** Am 2015 (358), Sch 1 \[2\].