8Previous service—State authorities and other prescribed employers

8 Previous service—State authorities and other prescribed employers

State authorities (1) For the purposes of subsections 7(1) and (3) of the Act, a person, authority, institution or body referred to in an item of the table in clause 1 of Schedule 1 to this instrument is taken to be, or to have been, an authority of a State, but only: (a) in the cases or circumstances (if any) specified in the item; and (b) on or after a particular date, before a particular date or during a particular period (if any) specified in the item. Previous employment (2) For the purposes of subsections 7(2) and (3) of the Act, the previous employment of an employee in the service of a person, authority, institution or body referred to in an item of the table in clause 1 of Schedule 2 to this instrument is to be taken into account for the purposes of section 11 of the Act as if it had been employment in Government Service, but only: (a) in the cases or circumstances (if any) specified in the item; and (b) on or after a particular date, before a particular date or during a particular period (if any) specified in the item.