sec.1087Existing employees of former water boards

### sec.1087 Existing employees of former water boards This section applies to a person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was an employee of a former water board that continues in existence as a water authority under section 1083(3) or 1084. On the commencement, the person becomes an employee of the water authority. The person— must be employed on the person’s existing or equivalent terms and conditions of employment; and remains entitled to all existing and accruing rights of employment. Subsections (5) to (8) apply if, immediately before the commencement, the person was a contributor to a superannuation fund, superannuation scheme or provident fund (the former superannuation scheme ) as an employee of the former water board. The person continues to be a contributor to the former superannuation scheme as if the person’s service with the authority were continuous service with the former water board. If the authority establishes, maintains or takes part in a superannuation scheme (the authority’s scheme ) to provide superannuation benefits for its employees, the person, under arrangements prescribed under a regulation, may, but is not required to— stop being a contributor to the former superannuation scheme; and become a member of the authority’s scheme. If the Gladstone Area Water Board, as established under the repealed GAWB Act, was required, in relation to the person, to contribute to the former superannuation scheme under the repealed GAWB Act, section 114— the requirement continues under this Act as a requirement of the Gladstone Area Water Board established as a water authority under this Act; and an amount payable by the authority to the superannuation scheme is a debt due by the authority to the trustees or managers of the scheme. (sec.1087-ssec.1) This section applies to a person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was an employee of a former water board that continues in existence as a water authority under section 1083(3) or 1084. (sec.1087-ssec.2) On the commencement, the person becomes an employee of the water authority. (sec.1087-ssec.3) The person— must be employed on the person’s existing or equivalent terms and conditions of employment; and remains entitled to all existing and accruing rights of employment. (sec.1087-ssec.4) Subsections (5) to (8) apply if, immediately before the commencement, the person was a contributor to a superannuation fund, superannuation scheme or provident fund (the former superannuation scheme ) as an employee of the former water board. (sec.1087-ssec.5) The person continues to be a contributor to the former superannuation scheme as if the person’s service with the authority were continuous service with the former water board. (sec.1087-ssec.6) If the authority establishes, maintains or takes part in a superannuation scheme (the authority’s scheme ) to provide superannuation benefits for its employees, the person, under arrangements prescribed under a regulation, may, but is not required to— stop being a contributor to the former superannuation scheme; and become a member of the authority’s scheme. (sec.1087-ssec.7) If the Gladstone Area Water Board, as established under the repealed GAWB Act, was required, in relation to the person, to contribute to the former superannuation scheme under the repealed GAWB Act, section 114— the requirement continues under this Act as a requirement of the Gladstone Area Water Board established as a water authority under this Act; and an amount payable by the authority to the superannuation scheme is a debt due by the authority to the trustees or managers of the scheme. - (a) must be employed on the person’s existing or equivalent terms and conditions of employment; and - (b) remains entitled to all existing and accruing rights of employment. - (a) stop being a contributor to the former superannuation scheme; and - (b) become a member of the authority’s scheme. - (a) the requirement continues under this Act as a requirement of the Gladstone Area Water Board established as a water authority under this Act; and - (b) an amount payable by the authority to the superannuation scheme is a debt due by the authority to the trustees or managers of the scheme.