7Employment by approved authority

7 Employment by approved authority

Where a person employed by the Papua New Guinea Electricity Commission was required by the terms of his employment to give the whole of his time to the duties of his office and: (a) that person had, immediately before the commencement of these Regulations, been employed on such terms by the Administration of Papua New Guinea or that Commission, or both, for a continuous period of not less than three years and that Commission certified that that person’s employment was likely to be continued, in the case of a male, until he reaches the age of fifty‑five years or, in the case of a female, until she reaches the age of fifty years; (b) that person was, immediately before commencing his employment with that Commission, and had been for not less than six months, a contributor to a State Fund as defined in section 78 of the Superannuation Ordinance, or a Public Service Superannuation Fund as defined in section 82A of that Ordinance; or (c) the Administrator had, by notice in the Papua New Guinea Government Gazette, on the recommendation of that Commission, directed that that person be deemed to be an employee within the meaning of section 4 of that Ordinance; that person shall be deemed to be an employee within the meaning of these Regulations.