Re‑employment after resignation to contest election
7 Re‑employment after resignation to contest election
If—
a prescribed employee resigns for the purpose of standing as a candidate for election to the Parliament of the State or of the Commonwealth;
and
the resignation takes effect not more than 1 month before the issue of the writ for the election; and
the former prescribed employee is not elected and applies in writing for re‑employment as a prescribed employee within
2 months after the return of the writ for the election, the Chief Executive must re‑employ that person as a prescribed employee (without probation) at the classification and salary level that they enjoyed immediately before resigning to contest the election.
For the purposes of determining the rights of a person re‑employed under this regulation—
the person will be taken not to have resigned; and
the period between the resignation and re‑employment will be taken to have been leave without pay granted under these regulations.
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