Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1975 No. 55 of 1975 - SECT 42

42. (1) The Commission may engage persons as temporary employees.

(2) Persons engaged as temporary employees shall perform duties as directed by
the Commission or the Managing Director.

(3) Where the Commission is satisfied that-

   (a)  a person who was temporarily employed by the Commission-

        (i)    resigned from that employment in order to become a candidate
               for election as a member of a House of the Parliament of
               Australia or of a State or of the Legislative Assembly for the
               Northern Territory or of a legislative or advisory body for
               another Territory prescribed by the regulations;

        (ii)   was a candidate at the election; and

        (iii)  failed to be elected; and

   (b)  the resignation took effect not earlier than 1 month before the date
        on which nominations for the election closed, the Commission shall,
        upon application by that person within 2 months after the declaration
        of the result of the election, employ him at a classification and rate
        of pay equivalent to the classification and rate of pay that he had
        immediately before the date upon which his resignation took effect.

(4) A person employed under sub-section (3) shall be deemed to have continued
in temporary employment in the Service as if the period of his employment in
pursuance of this section and the unbroken period of his employment
immediately prior to the date on which his resig- nation took effect were a
continuous period of temporary employment.