Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

HEALTH INSURANCE COMMISSION (REFORM AND SEPARATION OF FUNCTIONS) ACT 1997 - SECT 21

  (1)   This section applies to an employee of the Commission.

  (2)   The Minister may, by written instrument, declare that a specified employee:

  (a)   ceases to be employed by the Commission at a specified time (the employee's transfer time ); and

  (b)   is taken to have been engaged by the nominated company as an employee of the nominated company at the employee's transfer time.

  (3)   A declaration under this section has effect accordingly.

  (4)   A time specified under subsection   (2) must be a time that occurs:

  (a)   when the nominated company is Commission - owned; or

  (b)   within 18 months after the nominated company ceases to be Commission - owned.

  (5)   A copy of a declaration under subsection   (2) is to be published in the Gazette within 14 days after the making of the declaration.