This section inserted s 14(aa) of the principal Act.

Sections 15 to 21, 25, and 25A of the principal Act are repealed.

This section amended s 24(3) of the principal Act.

This section amended s 27 of the principal Act.

Regulations 2 to 6, 9, and 9A of the Ministry of Energy (Levies) Regulations 1989 (SR 1989/381) are revoked.

Regardless of section 14 of the principal Act, all applications made before 31 October 1997 of levies recovered under Part 3 of that Act for any purpose are validated and deemed to have been lawfully imposed, recovered, and applied.

Regardless of sections 14 and 26 of the principal Act, the payment into the Crown Bank Account of any levies payable before 30 June 1997 under section 24 of that Act is validated and deemed to have been lawfully paid into that account.

(1) Every person employed in the Ministry of Commerce immediately before the date of commencement of this Act who the chief executive of the Department of Labour has agreed to transfer to the Department of Labour is to be treated as having been transferred to the Department of Labour on that date.

(2) This section prevails over section 61A of the State Sector Act 1988.

(1) The employment of a person who is transferred to the Department of Labour under section 9(1) must be on terms and conditions no less favourable to the transferred employee than those applying at the date of transfer.

(2) Subsection (1) continues to apply to the terms and conditions of employment of a transferred employee until the terms and conditions of employment of the transferred employee are varied by agreement between the transferred employee and the chief executive of the Department of Labour.

A person who is transferred to the Department of Labour under section 9(1) is not entitled to any compensation for redundancy by reason only of the person ceasing to be employed by the Ministry of Commerce.

The appointment of every statutory officer who is transferred to the Department of Labour under section 9(1) continues until the earliest of the following occurs:

• (a) The term of the appointment expires:

• (b) The person ceases employment in the Department of Labour:

• (c) The appointment is revoked.