Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies to a person who is engaged under section 22 of the Public Service Act 1999 .
(3) If, immediately before a person to whom this section applies ceases to be an ACT officer, the person has an entitlement, as such an officer, to leave of absence for recreation, the person retains that entitlement, on engagement as an APS employee, as if the entitlement had accrued under the Public Service Act 1999 .
(4) The Public Service Act 1999 has effect, in relation to the accrual, on and after the engagement of a person as an APS employee, of the person's entitlement to leave of absence for recreation in relation to a period since the person last gained an entitlement, as an ACT officer, to leave of absence for recreation as if service by the person as an ACT officer during that period had been service as an APS employee.
(5) If, immediately before the engagement of a person as an APS employee, the person has an entitlement, as an ACT officer, to be paid a recreation leave loading, the person retains the entitlement as if the entitlement had accrued under the APS Award 1998, but the entitlement is subject to the provisions of that award as if it had arisen under that award.
(6) The reference in subsection (5) to a recreation leave loading is a reference to a payment that corresponds, or substantially corresponds, to a payment under the APS Award 1998.