(1) A person who immediately before the commencement day was an executive officer appointed by a WRR Group under section 399(1) of the Environment Protection Act 2017 —
(a) is taken on that day to be employed as an executive under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 subject to the terms and conditions determined by the Secretary in accordance with subsection (2); and
(b) is taken on that day to have accrued an entitlement to benefits under their employment under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 equivalent to the entitlement the person had accrued as an executive officer of a WRR Group before that day.
(2) The terms and conditions determined by the Secretary for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) must be no less favourable overall than the terms and conditions applying to the person's appointment as an executive officer of a WRR Group immediately before the commencement day.
(3) The person who immediately before the commencement day was the Chief Executive Officer appointed by the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group under section 399(2) of the Environment Protection Act 2017 —
(a) is taken on that day to be employed as an executive under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 subject to the terms and conditions determined by the Secretary in accordance with subsection (4); and
(b) is taken on that day to have accrued an entitlement to benefits under their employment under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 equivalent to the entitlement the person had accrued as the Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Waste and Resource Recovery Group before that day.
(4) The terms and conditions determined by the Secretary for the purposes of subsection (3)(a) must be no less favourable overall than the terms and conditions applying to the person's appointment as the Chief Executive Officer of the Metropolitan Waste and Recovery Group immediately before the commencement day.