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Legal Profession Act 2007
sec.595Preservation of rights if public service officer seconded
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### sec.595 Preservation of rights if public service officer seconded
A public service officer seconded as mentioned in section 592 (3) —
is entitled to the person’s existing and accruing rights as if employment as a member of the staff of the commission were a continuation of employment as a public service officer; and
may apply for positions, and be employed in, the public service as if the person were a public service officer.
When the secondment ends, the person’s employment on secondment as a member of the staff of the commission is employment of the same nature in the public service for working out the person’s rights as a public service officer.
If the secondment ended for a reason other than misconduct, the person is entitled to be employed—
as a public service officer; and
on the same, or a higher, classification level and remuneration that the Public Sector Commissioner under the Public Sector Act 2022 or another entity prescribed under a regulation considers the person would have attained in the ordinary course of progression if the person had not been seconded.
s 595 amd 2008 No. 38 s 252 sch 3 ; 2010 No. 42 s 138 sch ; 2022 No. 34 s 365 sch 3
(sec.595-ssec.1) A public service officer seconded as mentioned in section 592 (3) — is entitled to the person’s existing and accruing rights as if employment as a member of the staff of the commission were a continuation of employment as a public service officer; and may apply for positions, and be employed in, the public service as if the person were a public service officer.
(sec.595-ssec.2) When the secondment ends, the person’s employment on secondment as a member of the staff of the commission is employment of the same nature in the public service for working out the person’s rights as a public service officer.
(sec.595-ssec.3) If the secondment ended for a reason other than misconduct, the person is entitled to be employed— as a public service officer; and on the same, or a higher, classification level and remuneration that the Public Sector Commissioner under the Public Sector Act 2022 or another entity prescribed under a regulation considers the person would have attained in the ordinary course of progression if the person had not been seconded.
- (a) is entitled to the person’s existing and accruing rights as if employment as a member of the staff of the commission were a continuation of employment as a public service officer; and
- (b) may apply for positions, and be employed in, the public service as if the person were a public service officer.
- (a) as a public service officer; and
- (b) on the same, or a higher, classification level and remuneration that the Public Sector Commissioner under the Public Sector Act 2022 or another entity prescribed under a regulation considers the person would have attained in the ordinary course of progression if the person had not been seconded.