9Previous service—principal executive offices

9 Previous service—principal executive offices

Previous employment in a principal executive office (1) For the purposes of subsection 7(2) of the Act, the previous employment of an employee in the service of an employer who employs a person holding a principal executive office (other than an office held by the chief executive officer of a GBE) is to be taken into account for the purposes of section 11 of the Act as if it had been employment in Government Service. (2) Subsection (1) has effect only in relation to the employment of a person in the service of the employer in the following circumstances: (a) the person was previously the holder of the principal executive office; (b) the person is subsequently employed in a qualifying service; (c) the person is employed in a qualifying service on or after 31 May 1986.

Note: This subsection commenced on 31 May 1986.

Employment by holder of prescribed principal executive office (3) For the purposes of paragraph 10(6)(ab) of the Act, a principal executive office, other than an office held by a chief executive officer of a GBE, is prescribed. (4) In this instrument:

GBE (short for government business enterprise) means:

(a) a Commonwealth authority or Commonwealth company prescribed, before the repeal of the Commonwealth Authorities and Companies Act 1997, for the purposes of the definition of GBE in section 5 of that Act; or
(b) a Commonwealth entity or Commonwealth company prescribed for the purposes of the definition of government business enterprise in section 8 of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.