(1) This section applies to a person if—
(a) the person was an employee (within the meaning of the Public Administration Act 2004 ) immediately before the person's first appointment as Parliamentary Budget Officer; and
(b) since that first appointment the person has continually held appointment as Parliamentary Budget Officer; and
(c) the person ceases to be the Parliamentary Budget Officer—
(i) on the expiry of the person's term of office; or
(ii) by resigning in accordance with section 11(a).
(2) If the person was an executive immediately before the person's first appointment as Parliamentary Budget Officer, the person is entitled to be re-employed under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 as an executive as if the person were transferred under Division 6 of that Part.
(3) If the person was not an executive immediately before the person's first appointment as Parliamentary Budget Officer, the person is entitled to be re-employed under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 as if section 27 of that Act applied to the person.
(4) In this section—
"executive" has the same meaning as in the Public Administration Act 2004 .