(1) The conditions of employment for a health service employee, other than for a health executive, are governed by—
(a) this Act; and
(b) the applied Public Service law; and
(c) an industrial instrument that applies to the employee; and
(d) health service directives; and
(e) if the employee is appointed on a contract for a fixed term—the employee's contract.
(2) A health executive's conditions of employment are governed by—
(a) this Act; and
(b) the applied Public Service law; and
(c) health service directives; and
(d) the health executive's contract.
(3) The chief executive may decide that a particular health service employee's conditions of employment are to be more favourable than those contained in an industrial instrument that applies to the employee.