12Savings and transitional provisions

12 Savings and transitional provisions

(1)  Where, immediately before the commencement of this Act, a person was employed as an officer under section 6 of the Governor's Salary Act 1951 or was an officer of the Public Service employed to assist the Governor in the performance of his duties as such, that person shall continue to be so employed and shall be deemed to have been appointed as an officer under section 7 of this Act.

(2)  A person referred to in subsection (1) who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, was an officer of the Public Service shall cease to be such an officer on that commencement.

(3)  A person referred to in subsection (1) shall retain any rights accrued or accruing to him, before the commencement of this Act, as an officer employed under section 6 of the Governor's Salary Act 1951 or as an officer of the Public Service, including any entitlement to annual leave, sick leave, and long service leave.

(4)  A person referred to in subsection (1) shall, for any period of service in respect of which he has made contributions to the Superannuation Fund or the Retirement Benefits Fund, be deemed to have been an employee for the purposes of the Superannuation Act 1938 or, as the case may be, the Retirement Benefits Act 1970 or the Retirement Benefits Act 1982 .