118Rights of port authority staff

118 Rights of port authority staff (1) If, before 30 June 1996 or such later date as is specified by the Minister for the purposes of this subsection by notice published in the Government Gazette before 30 June 1996, an employee of a port authority accepts an offer of employment made by a port corporation or a designated agency— (a) the employee is to be regarded as having accrued an entitlement to benefits, in connection with his or her employment by the port corporation or the designated agency, that is equivalent to the entitlement that he or she had accrued, as an employee of the port authority, immediately before the commencement of his or her employment by the port corporation or the designated agency; (b) the service of the employee as an employee of the port corporation or the designated agency is to be regarded for all purposes as having been continuous with the service of the employee, immediately before the commencement of his or her employment by the port corporation or the designated agency, as an employee of the port authority; (c) the employee is not entitled to receive any payment or other benefit by reason only by having ceased to be an employee of the port authority. (2) If, before 30 June 1996 or such later date as is specified by the Minister for the purposes of this subsection by notice published in the Government Gazette before 30 June 1996, an employee of a port authority accepts an offer of employment made by a local authority within the meaning of section 112 of the **Marine Act 1988**— (a) the employee is to be regarded as having accrued an entitlement to benefits, in connection with his or her employment by the local authority, that is equivalent to the entitlement that he or she had accrued, as an employee of the port authority, immediately before the commencement of his or her employment by the local authority; (b) the service of the employee as an employee of the local authority is to be regarded for all purposes as having been continuous with the service of the employee, immediately before the commencement of his or her employment by the local authority, as an employee of the port authority; (c) the employee is not entitled to receive any payment or other benefit by reason only by having ceased to be an employee of the port authority. S. 118(3) inserted by No. 51/1996 s. 12. (3) The Minister may from time to time, for the purposes of subsection (1) or (2), by notice published in the Government Gazette before the then current specified date (that is, the date specified for the purposes of that subsection by the last notice published in the Government Gazette, whether under that subsection or this subsection) specify a date later than the then current specified date.