Parliamentary Administration Act 2005

A person employed immediately before the commencement day under Part 2 of the former Act as an officer of the Parliament within the meaning of that Act, or who by force of the former Act or any other Act is taken to be an officer of the Parliament within the meaning of that Act to whom that Act applied immediately before the commencement day, must, on that day, be taken to be employed under Part 3 of the new Act, with the same classification, duties and remuneration, and subject to the same industrial award or agreement or contract of employment, and with the same rights to leave of absence and accrued or accruing entitlements, as applied to the person or his or her employment under the former Act immediately before that day.

A person employed, or who by force of the former Act is taken to be employed, under Part 3 of the former Act immediately before the commencement day must, on that day, be taken to be employed under Part 4 of the new Act, with the same classification, duties and remuneration, and subject to the same agreement or contract, and with the same rights to leave of absence and accrued or accruing entitlements, as applied to the person or his or her employment under Part 3 of the former Act immediately before that day.

The repeal of the former Act does not prevent any of the terms and conditions of employment of a person holding an office or position or employed in a Department under the former Act, or employed under Part 3 of the former Act, immediately before the commencement day from being altered by or under any law, award or agreement with effect from any time after that day.

Except as otherwise provided by this Schedule, the new Act applies to a person who is taken by virtue of a provision of this clause to be employed under a Part of the new Act in the same way as it applies to persons actually employed under that Part.