(1) A person who immediately before the commencement day was employed under section 400 of the Environment Protection Act 2017 —
(a) is taken on that day to be a person employed under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 (other than an executive within the meaning of that Act) 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 under their employment under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 to benefits equivalent to the entitlement the person had accrued as an employee 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 employment under section 400 of the Environment Protection Act 2017 immediately before the commencement day.