Public Defenders Act 1995

This clause applies to an Officer who, immediately before being appointed as an Officer, was:

a public servant, or

a person in respect of whom provision was made by any Act for the retention of any rights accrued or accruing to the person as a public servant.

Subject to the terms of his or her appointment as an Officer, an Officer:

retains any rights accruing to the Officer as a public servant, and

is entitled to receive any deferred or extended leave,

An Officer’s service as an Officer is taken to be service as a public servant for the purposes of any law under which any rights of the kind referred to in subclause (2) (a) accrued or were accruing or by which any entitlement referred to in subclause (2) (b) is conferred.