65AReclassification of office—returning LAMS officer

65A Reclassification of office—returning LAMS officer (1) A returning LAMS officer may apply, in writing, to the head of service for a review of the officer’s original classification and salary. (2) An application may be made not later than 30 days, or any longer period approved by the head of service, after the returning LAMS officer returns to work in the service. (3) On receiving an application, the head of service must establish a committee made up of— (a) 1 person nominated by the head of service; and (b) 1 person nominated by the commissioner; and (c) an independent officer. (4) The committee must consider the returning LAMS officer’s application and make a recommendation about the officer’s classification and salary. (5) The head of service may prescribe procedures that a committee must follow in considering an application. (6) The head of service must decide a classification and salary for the officer that is not less than the officer’s original classification and salary, having regard to— (a) the committee’s recommendation; and (b) the officer’s employment immediately before being employed under the Legislative Assembly (Members’ Staff) Act 1989; and (c) the length of the employment; and Change to office Division 5.2 (d) the functions exercised by the officer in the employment; and (e) any other matter that the head of service considers relevant. (7) The head of service must give the returning LAMS officer a copy of the decision. (8) The head of service’s decision has effect, or is taken to have had effect, when the officer returns to work in the service. (9) In this section: independent officer, in relation to an application by a returning LAMS officer, means— (a) if requested by the returning LAMS officer—a person nominated by a relevant union; or (b) a person chosen in accordance with prescribed procedures. original classification, of a returning LAMS officer, means the classification of the office that the officer occupied immediately before being employed under the Legislative Assembly (Members’ Staff) Act 1989. original salary, of a returning LAMS officer, means the salary to which the officer was entitled immediately before being employed under the Legislative Assembly (Members’ Staff) Act 1989. returning LAMS officer means an officer who— (a) while an officer, was employed under the Legislative Assembly (Members’ Staff) Act 1989; and (b) has returned, or will return, to work in the service.