7Regulations with respect to previous service with prescribed authorities etc.

7 Regulations with respect to previous service with prescribed authorities etc.

(1) The regulations may provide that a person, authority, institution or body (including a company), whether incorporated or not, that is referred to in the regulations shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be, or to have been, an authority of a State. (2) The regulations may provide that previous employment of an employee in the service of a person, authority, institution or body (including a company), whether incorporated or not, that is referred to in the regulations shall be taken into account for the purposes of section 11 as if it had been employment in Government Service. (3) Regulations made in accordance with this section: (a) may refer to a specified person, authority, institution or body or to persons, authorities, institutions or bodies included in a specified class of persons, authorities, institutions or bodies; (b) may be expressed to have effect in respect only of employment in specified cases or circumstances; and (c) may be expressed to have effect in respect only of employment on or after a particular date, before a particular date or during a particular period. (4) This section has effect as if the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory were States.