Provision
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(1) This section applies to any person who was a Trade Commissioner Office employee other than a person who is deemed, with effect from the commencing day, by virtue of the operation of sub-section 12 (3), to be employed by the Commission.
(2) Each person to whom this section applies shall be deemed, with effect from the commencing day, to be duly appointed under section 10 of the Trade Representatives Act 1933.
(3) The terms and conditions of employment that applied, immediately before the commencing day, in relation to a person to whom this section applies continue to apply in relation to that person on and after that day but, in the application of those terms and conditions in relation to that person on and after that day—
references in those terms and conditions to the Australian Government Trade Commission or to the Commission shall be construed as references to the Minister; and
references in those terms and conditions to the Trade Commissioner or Assistant Trade Commissioner shall be construed as references to the Trade Representative in charge of the post at which that person performs duties or to which that person is required, under those terms and conditions, to report.
PART VIII—AMENDMENTS OF OTHER ACTS
Amendments of other Acts
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