87ZCStatus of certain persons engaged in eligible Commonwealth employment

##### 87ZC Status of certain persons engaged in eligible Commonwealth employment (1) The Board may, with the approval of the Governor‑General, declare, by declaration published in the Gazette: (a) a branch of the Service to have been a declared Branch of the Service for the purposes of this section during a specified period, being a period that ended before the commencing day; and (b) offers of employment: (i) as holders of specified Commonwealth offices or of offices included in a specified class of Commonwealth offices; or (ii) by a specified Commonwealth authority; that have, during that period, been made to: (iii) officers who held, who were performing the duties of, offices in that branch; or (iv) unattached officers who were performing duties in that branch; to have been declared offers of employment that related to the officers of that branch for the purposes of this section. (2) Where: (a) an officer who held, or was performing the duties of, an office in, or an unattached officer who was performing duties in, a declared branch of the Service became, during the period specified in the declaration under subsection (1) that relates to that branch, engaged in employment: (i) as the holder of a Commonwealth office; or (ii) by a Commonwealth authority; in accordance with the terms of a declared offer of employment that related to officers of that branch; and (b) the officer has been engaged in eligible Commonwealth employment throughout the period that commenced on the day on which he became so engaged in employment and ends on the commencing day, or, if the declaration is published in the Gazette after the commencing day, on the day on which the declaration is so published; he ceases to be an officer at the expiration of the day immediately preceding the last day of that period. (3) Where a person ceases to be an officer under subsection (2), the Board shall cause notice in writing of the cessation to be given: (a) in the case of a person who is the holder of a Commonwealth office—to the Secretary of the Department to which he is, by virtue of holding that office, attached for administrative purposes; and (b) in the case of a person who is employed by a Commonwealth authority—to that authority; and the Secretary or that authority, as the case may require, shall, as soon as practicable after receiving the notice, cause a copy of the notice to be given to the person.