(1) If a public
service officer is appointed to the office of Inspector he or she is entitled
to retain all existing and accruing rights, including those as to
superannuation, as if his or her service in that office were a continuation of
his or her service as a public service officer.
(2) If a person ceases
to hold the office of Inspector and becomes a public service officer, his or
her service in that office is to be regarded as service in the Public Service
for the purposes of determining his or her rights, including those as to
superannuation, as a public service officer.
(3) If —
(a)
immediately before his or her appointment the Inspector occupied an office
under the Public Sector Management Act 1994 Part 3; and
(b) his
or her term of office as Inspector expires by effluxion of time and he or she
is not reappointed,
that person is
entitled to be appointed to an office under the Public Sector Management Act
1994 Part 3 that is not lower in status than the office which he or she
occupied immediately before the appointment to the office of Inspector.