4AMeaning of retirement, resignation etc

4A Meaning of retirement, resignation etc

(1) In the application of these Regulations on and after 1 July 1976 in relation to a continuing contributor: (a) a reference to his retirement shall, unless the contrary intention appears, be read as a reference to the completion by him of the term of the first contract of employment entered into by him with the Government of Papua New Guinea or, if that term would expire after 30 June 1978, as a reference to the completion by him of a period of service in pursuance of that contract ending on that date; and (b) a reference to his resignation shall be read as a reference to the voluntary termination by him of that contract before the expiration of the term of that contract. (2) Where the contract of employment that a continuing contributor has entered into with the Government of Papua New Guinea is terminated in circumstances that, if that employment were employment under Part II of the Papua New Guinea (Staffing Assistance) Act 1973 as amended and in force on 30 June 1976, would be treated as retirement, retrenchment or dismissal, these Regulations shall, in their application, on and after 1 July 1976, to that continuing contributor, apply as if that termination was retirement, retrenchment or dismissal, as the case requires, in relation to employment under that Part.