Schedule 3 Savings, transitional and other provisions
(Section 23)
(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of this Act.(2) A provision referred to in subclause (1) may, if the regulations so provide, take effect from the commencement of this Act or from a later date.(3) To the extent that a provision referred to in subclause (1) takes effect from a date that is earlier than its date of publication in the Gazette, the provision does not operate:(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of the person existing before the date of publication, or(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the date of publication.
2 Abolition of Internal Audit Bureau of the Treasury
The Internal Audit Bureau of the Treasury is abolished.
(1) Each member of staff of the Internal Audit Bureau of the Treasury (the old Bureau) becomes, on the commencement of this Act, a member of staff of the Bureau established by this Act (the new Bureau).(2) Until the first appointment of a Chief Executive, the person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, held the position of Director, Internal Audit Bureau, in the Treasury is to act in the position of Chief Executive.(3) The terms and conditions on which a member of staff of the old Bureau becomes a member of staff of the new Bureau are (until other provision is duly made under this or any other Act or law) to be the same as those on which he or she was a member of staff of the old Bureau immediately before the commencement of this Act.
4 Reappointment to the Public Service
(1) A member of staff of the new Bureau who was a member of staff of the old Bureau immediately before the commencement of this Act may apply for a position in the Public Service as if he or she were an officer of the Public Service.(2) Any such member who applies for such a position, or is appointed as an officer of the Public Service, is taken (for the purposes of the Public Sector Management Act 1988, the Government and Related Employees Appeal Tribunal Act 1980 and the Industrial Relations Act 1991 and for all other purposes) to be an officer of the Public Service in relation to the application or appointment.(3) This clause applies only to applications for positions in the Public Service made within 2 years after the commencement of this Act.
5 Transfer of assets and liabilities
(1) The assets and liabilities of the State that relate to the old Bureau become, on the commencement of this Act, the assets and liabilities of the new Bureau.(2) Any question as to the nature or extent of the assets and liabilities of the State that relate to the old Bureau is to be determined by the Minister.(3) A certificate issued by the Minister as to a determination under this clause is, for all purposes, conclusive evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.