sec.82Preservation of rights if public service officer seconded

### sec.82 Preservation of rights if public service officer seconded A public service officer seconded under section 77 — is entitled to the person’s existing and accruing rights as if employment as an officer of the ombudsman 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. On ending the secondment, the person’s employment on secondment as an officer of the ombudsman is taken to be 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. The person is entitled to be employed 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 82 amd 2008 No. 38 s 252 sch 3 ; 2022 No. 34 s 365 sch 3 (sec.82-ssec.1) A public service officer seconded under section 77 — is entitled to the person’s existing and accruing rights as if employment as an officer of the ombudsman 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.82-ssec.2) On ending the secondment, the person’s employment on secondment as an officer of the ombudsman is taken to be employment of the same nature in the public service for working out the person’s rights as a public service officer. (sec.82-ssec.3) If the secondment ended for a reason other than misconduct, the person is entitled to be employed as a public service officer. (sec.82-ssec.4) The person is entitled to be employed 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 an officer of the ombudsman 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.