Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts63. (1) An officer who immediately before the commencement day held an office of Chief Executive or a Senior Executive Service office shall, on that day, become an unattached officer entitled, subject to this Act, to the same conditions of employment (including conditions relating to salary and allowances) as applied to him or her immediately before that day and shall, subject to the Principal Act, continue to be employed in the Service subject to those conditions until—
(a) he or she is engaged under section 28 or 72 of the Principal Act as amended by this Act to perform the duties of an office of Chief Executive or an Executive office;
(b) he or she is transferred to an office as an officer; or
(c) he or she ceases to be an officer.
(2) A person who—
(a) becomes an unattached officer by virtue of subsection (1); and
(b) is engaged under section 28 or 72 of the Principal Act as amended by this Act to perform the duties of an office of Chief Executive or an Executive office;
shall, on being so engaged, be employed in the Service subject to the terms and conditions provided for by the contract by which he or she is so engaged.
(3) A person who—
(a) becomes an unattached officer by virtue of subsection (1); and
(b) is transferred to an office as an officer;
shall, on being so transferred, be employed in the Service on the terms and conditions applicable to an officer having the same classification as the office to which he or she is transferred.
(4) A person who becomes an unattached officer by virtue of subsection (1) and is—
(a) engaged under section 28 or 72 of the Principal Act as amended by this Act; or
(b) transferred to an office as an officer;
retains, subject to the management standards, all the entitlements that have, immediately before that engagement or transfer, accrued to him or her in connection with his or her employment as a member of the Service.