Discipline
77 Discipline
This section applies if:
(a) an investigation about an employee was initiated under old section 51(1) before commencement; and
(b) as at commencement the Chief Executive Officer had not made a decision under old section 51(10).
(2) Old Part 8 continues to apply in relation to the employee as if the 2011 Act had not commenced, subject to subsections (3), (4) and (5).
(3) If the employee is suspended under old section 51(6), new section 49E(3) and (5)(b) apply as if the employee were suspended under new section 49E.
(4) The Chief Executive Officer may, under old section 51(1) take action of the kind described in new section 49C(1)(b)(ii) as well as, or instead of, action of the kind described in old section 51(10)(a).
(5) The continued application of old Part 8 under subsection (2) ceases when the Chief Executive Officer makes a decision under old section 51(10)).
(6) A decision of the Chief Executive Officer under old Part 8 as applied by subsection (2) is subject to review or appeal under new Part 9 as if it were a decision under new section 49A.
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