(1) This section applies if a public service officer is appointed as an appointed commissioner.
(2) The person retains all rights that have accrued to the person because of employment as a public service officer, or that would accrue in the future to the person because of that employment, as if service as an appointed commissioner were a continuation of service as a public service officer.
(3) If the person stops being an appointed commissioner and again becomes a public service officer, the person's service as an appointed commissioner is to be regarded as service of a similar kind in the public service for the purpose of determining the person's rights as a public service officer.