Northern Territory Numbered Acts Northern Territory Numbered ActsAfter section 275
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(1) This section applies in relation to a person who was, immediately before the commencement of this section, a member of a disciplinary committee that was established by the Minister under section 80.
(2) The person is, from the commencement of this section, considered to be a person appointed under section 80(1), as amended by the Local Government Amendment Act 2014 , of the class mentioned in section 80(2), as amended by that Act, to which the person belonged when the disciplinary committee was established, and as though the person were appointed on the commencement of this section for a term of office of 3 years.
A council must adopt a caretaker policy as required by section 96A not later than 12 months after the day on which this section commences.
(1) This section applies in relation to a person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was an employee to whom section 109 applied.
(2) The employee may, not later than 12 months after the day on which this section commences, provide to the later employer under section 109 a declaration stating that the employee elects to transfer accrued and accruing rights to long service leave to the later employment.
(3) If the employee provides a declaration under subsection (2), section 109, as amended by the Local Government Amendment Act 2014 , applies as though the declaration were a declaration mentioned in section 109(2).