Fire and Emergency Services Act 1998

The person holding office as the chief executive officer of the Authority in accordance with section 19 of the former Act immediately before the transfer time is to be taken to have been appointed as the FES Commissioner on the same terms and conditions.

Except as otherwise agreed by the person, the operation of subsection (1) does not —

affect the person’s pay, as that term is defined in the Public Sector Management (Redeployment and Redundancy) Regulations 1994 regulation 3(1); or

affect the person’s existing or accruing rights in respect of annual leave, long service leave, sick leave or any other leave; or

affect any rights under a superannuation scheme; or

interrupt the continuity of the person’s service.

For the purposes of subsection (2)(d), the person’s service with the Authority is to be taken to have been with the Department.