Public Health (Tobacco) Act, 2002
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Transfer of staff to Office. |
31.—(1) Every person (whether an officer of the Minister or not) who immediately before the commencement of this section is assigned to perform duties in relation to that part of the Department of State for which the Minister has charge known as the Office of Tobacco Control, and who is designated by the Minister for employment by the Office shall be transferred to and become a member of the staff of the Office on such day as may be specified by the Minister after consultation with the Office. | |
(2) Save in accordance with a collective agreement negotiated with any recognised trade union or staff association concerned, a person referred to in subsection (1) shall not, while in the service of the Office be subject to less beneficial conditions of service (including conditions in relation to tenure of office) or of remuneration than the conditions of service (including conditions in relation to tenure of office) or remuneration to which he or she was subject immediately before the commencement of this section. | ||
(3) In relation to persons transferred to the Office under subsection (1), previous service in the civil service shall be reckonable for the purposes of, but subject to any exceptions or exclusions in, the Redundancy Payments Acts, 1967 to 2001, the Protection of Employees (Part-Time Work) Act, 2001 , the Organisation of Working Time Act, 1997 , the Minimum Notice and Terms of Employment Acts, 1973 to 2001, and the Unfair Dismissals Acts, 1977 to 2001. |