10The *Young Offenders Amendment Act 2004* s. 6(3), which gives effect to Sch. 1, reads as follows:

10 The Young Offenders Amendment Act 2004 s. 6(3), which gives effect to Sch. 1, reads as follows:

6. Section 11 amended and transitional

(3) Schedule 1 has effect.

Schedule 1 reads as follows:

Schedule 1 — Transitional

[s. 6(3)]

1. Interpretation

In this Schedule —

commencement means the day fixed as the day on which section 6 of this Act comes into operation;

***principal Act*** means the *Young Offenders Act 1994*.

2. Conditions of employment of “group workers” on commencement to continue

(1) A person who was paid by the Department as a custodial officer with primarily non‑administrative functions (group worker) immediately before commencement is, on commencement, to be taken to be appointed by the chief executive officer under section 11(1a)(a) of the principal Act (as amended by this Act), on the same terms and conditions, including as to remuneration, as those which applied to the person immediately before commencement.

(2) A person to whom subclause (1) applies retains all existing and accruing rights and benefits as if the person’s employment, for the purposes of the principal Act, were a continuation of the person's employment immediately before commencement.

3. Conditions of employment of other employees and officers on commencement to continue

(1) A person who was appointed by the Minister under the Act as an overseer, or as an officer or employee without custodial functions, before commencement, and who is still employed immediately before commencement, is to be regarded, on commencement, as having been appointed by the chief executive officer under section 11(1a)(b) of the principal Act (as amended by this Act), on the same terms and conditions, including as to remuneration, as those which applied to the person immediately before commencement.

(2) A person to whom subclause (1) applies retains all existing and accruing rights and benefits as if the person’s employment, for the purposes of the principal Act, were a continuation of the person's employment immediately before commencement.

Defined terms

[This is a list of terms defined and the provisions where they are defined. The list is not part of the law.]

Defined term Provision(s)

Aboriginal community 3(1)

appeal 11CA

appellant 11CA

appropriate person 23B(3)