State Service (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Act 2000

State Service (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Act 2000

This Act may be cited as the State Service (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Act 2000.

This Act commences on the day on which the State Service Act 2000 commences.

In this Act – Principal Act means the State Service Act 2000; repealed Act means the Tasmanian State Service Act 1984.

Expressions used in this Act that are defined in the Principal Act have in this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, the respective meanings given to those expressions by the Principal Act.

The person holding office as Commissioner for Public Employment immediately before the commencement of the Principal Act is taken to have been appointed as State Service Commissioner under that Act for the remainder of the period specified in his or her instrument of appointment as Commissioner for Public Employment.

A contract entered into by the Commissioner for Public Employment or the Commissioner for Review under the repealed Act and in force immediately before the commencement of the Principal Act is taken to have been entered into by the State Service Commissioner under the Principal Act.

A determination made under section 10(1)(f) of the repealed Act and in force immediately before the commencement of the Principal Act is taken to have been made under section 18(1)(l) of the Principal Act.

A determination made under section 10(1)(g) of the repealed Act and in force immediately before the commencement of the Principal Act is taken to have been made under section 18(1)(b) of the Principal Act.

Any classification standards and procedures developed under section 18(1)(c) of the repealed Act and in force immediately before the commencement of the Principal Act are taken to have been developed under section 18(1)(k) of the Principal Act.

The Government departments established under the repealed Act and in existence immediately before the commencement of the Principal Act are taken to have been established as Government departments under the Principal Act.

A person who, immediately before the commencement of the Principal Act, holds office corresponding in title to the office specified in column 2 of Division 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Act is taken to have been appointed to that office under section 31 of the Principal Act subject to the terms and conditions of his or her instrument of appointment.

All acts, matters and things done or omitted before the commencement of the Principal Act by or in relation to a Head of Agency appointed under the repealed Act have, on and after that commencement, the same force and effect as if they had been done or omitted by or in relation to the appropriate Head of Agency specified in column 2 of Division 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Principal Act.

An office prescribed under section 29 of the repealed Act and in existence immediately before the commencement of the Principal Act is taken to have been prescribed under the Principal Act.

A person who, immediately before the commencement of the Principal Act, holds an office referred to in subsection (1) is taken to have been appointed to that office under section 31 of the Principal Act subject to the terms and conditions of his or her instrument of appointment.

A position determined by the Commissioner to be of a senior executive or equivalent specialist nature under section 38(1A) of the repealed Act and in existence immediately before the commencement of the Principal Act is taken to be an office created by the Premier under section 29(4) of the Principal Act.