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BROADCASTING LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1988 No. 146 of 1988 - SECT 8

8. (1) Part V of the Principal Act is repealed and the following Part is
substituted:
                               "PART V-EMPLOYEES
Staff of Corporation

"32. (1) The Corporation may engage such employees as are necessary for the
performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers.

"(2) The terms and conditions of employment shall be determined by the
Corporation. The Corporation is to achieve and maintain high standards as an
employer

"33. The Corporation shall endeavour to achieve and maintain high standards as
an employer in relation to terms and conditions of employment, occupational
health, industrial safety, industrial democracy, non-discriminatory employment
practices and other matters.".

(2) Where a person is, immediately before commencement, an officer or a
temporary employee of the Corporation, the person shall, upon commencement, be
taken to be employed by the Corporation under section 32 of the amended Act.

(3) A person to whom subsection (2) applies shall be taken to be employed on
the terms and conditions that were applicable to the person immediately before
commencement.

(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a person if the Corporation makes a
determination under subsection 32 (2) of the amended Act and that
determination: (a) applies to the person; and

   (b)  takes effect on the day of commencement.

(5) Subsection (3) continues to apply to a person until the Corporation makes
a determination under subsection 32 (2) of the amended Act and that
determination applies to the person.

(6) In this section:

"amended Act" means the Principal Act as amended by this section;

"commencement" means the commencement of this section. 


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