29DHours of attendance of certain unattached officers

##### 29D Hours of attendance of certain unattached officers (1) Subject to subsection (5), where an officer: (a) becomes an unattached officer; and (b) immediately before becoming an unattached officer, held a part‑time office; the hours of attendance applicable to the unattached officer shall, until he ceases to be an unattached officer, be the hours of attendance applicable to the officer immediately before he became an unattached officer. (2) Subject to subsection (5), where: (a) a person who had previously ceased to be an officer is re‑ appointed to the Service as an unattached officer in pursuance of section 63F, 63G, 87Q or 87R; and (b) the person, immediately before he ceased, or last ceased, to be an officer: (i) held a part‑time office; or (ii) was an unattached officer to whom subsection (1) of this section applied; the hours of attendance applicable to the person shall, until he ceases to be an unattached officer, be the hours of attendance applicable to him immediately before he ceased, or last ceased, to be an officer. (3) Subject to subsection (5), where: (a) a person is appointed under section 42, or re‑appointed under section 47B or 47C, to the Service as an unattached officer; and (b) the Board is satisfied that the person will, when he ceases to be an unattached officer, be appointed to a part‑time office; the Board may declare, in writing, that the hours of attendance that are applicable to the officer shall, until he ceases to be an unattached officer, be those specified in the declaration. (4) The hours of attendance applicable to an officer in relation to whom there is in force a declaration under subsection (3) shall, notwithstanding anything in: (a) the regulations or a determination under subsection 9(7A) or section 82D; or (b) an industrial award made before the commencement of this section; be the hours of attendance specified in the declaration. (5) Where the hours of attendance applicable to a person are ascertained in accordance with subsection (1), (2), (3) or a previous application of this subsection, the relevant Secretary may, with the consent of the person, determine, in writing, that the hours of attendance applicable to the person are those specified in the determination and, where such a determination is made, the hours of attendance that are applicable to the person shall, until he ceases to be an unattached officer, be those specified in the determination. (6) Subsection 29C(2) applies in relation to a determination under subsection (5) in like manner as it applies in relation to a declaration under subsection 29B(1). (7) Subsections (1), (2) and (5) have effect notwithstanding anything in an industrial award made before the commencement of this section.