SCHEDULE 3 - Transitional Prov SCHEDULE 3 - Transitional Provisions and Savings

Section 28

1.   Interpretation

In this Schedule –

former Commission means the Transport Commission constituted under the repealed Act ;

proclaimed date means the date fixed by proclamation under section 2 (2) of this Act;

repealed Act means the Transport Act 1938 .

2.   Officers of former Commission

(1) Every person who immediately before the proclaimed date is employed as an officer under section 8 of the repealed Act shall, on that date, become an officer appointed and employed under section 8 of this Act.

(2) Subject to subclause (3) , where any person, being an officer employed under section 8 of the repealed Act , becomes an officer appointed and employed under section 8 of this Act by virtue of subclause (1) , that person shall –

(a) be paid a salary or wage not less than the salary or wage payable to him immediately before the proclaimed date and be entitled to receive the same allowances as those to which he was entitled immediately before that date;

(b) retain any rights that, immediately before the proclaimed date, have accrued or are accruing to him by virtue of his being an officer employed under section 8 of the repealed Act , including any rights accruing to him under the Superannuation Act 1938 or the Retirement Benefits Act 1970 ;