(1) Where a person who holds an office or appointment under a relevant law, or is employed under a relevant law, is, for the purposes of this Act, employed in Government Service by virtue of holding that office or appointment or of being so employed, then, unless otherwise expressly provided by a relevant law, nothing in a relevant law shall be taken to authorize the provision of long service leave benefits for or in relation to the person under a relevant law or under terms and conditions of employment determined under a relevant law.
(2) In subsection (1):
(a) relevant law means a law of the Commonwealth or of an internal Territory that is in force on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent or that comes into force on or after that day; and
(b) long service leave benefits means any benefits of the kind provided under section 16 and 17.