87TAPreservation of rights of certain officers

##### 87TA Preservation of rights of certain officers Where: (a) on the commencing day, an officer is engaged in eligible Commonwealth employment; and (b) the repealed Officers’ Rights Declaration Act 1928, or the former section 6 of the Trade Commissioners Act 1933, applied to him in respect of the employment (if any) in which he was engaged immediately before that day; then, notwithstanding the repeal of the Officers’ Rights Declaration Act 1928: (c) that Act as amended and in force immediately before that day continues to apply, or applies, as the case requires, on and after that day, by force of this section, to and in relation to him, and he retains his existing and accruing rights, until the expiration of the day on which: (i) he becomes engaged in employment other than eligible Commonwealth employment; (ii) he is appointed to an office in the Service; (iii) he ceases to be an officer; or (iv) he makes an election, or appeals against the promotion of another person to fill a vacant office in the Service, under subsection 87U(2); whichever first occurs; and (d) for the purpose of determining those rights, his service in eligible Commonwealth employment during the period during which the first‑mentioned Act so continues to apply, or so applies, as the case requires, shall be taken into account as if it were service in the Service.