Public Sector Employment and Management Act 2002 No 43
Current version for 17 May 2013 to date (accessed 23 May 2013 at 07:31)
Chapter 5Section 117

117   Re-appointment to public sector following removal of term appointee

(1988 Act, s 91)

(1)  This section applies to a person who is removed from office under section 116.
(2)  A person to whom this section applies is entitled to engagement in the public sector, if:
(a)  for a continuous period ending immediately before appointment to the office the person was at all times engaged in the public sector on a full-time basis, and
(b)  for at least some part of that engagement the person was an employee in the public sector.
(3)  The engagement to which the person is entitled under this section is to be an engagement:
(a)  at a salary not lower than the current salary for the previous engagement of the person as such an employee, and
(b)  with duties appropriate to that salary.
(4)  The person is not entitled to any compensation for the removal from office or to any remuneration in respect of the office for any period afterwards.
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