(1) The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, declare that all or any of the following provisions apply to a transfer of functions from a Crown entity (within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Public Finance Act 1989) to a department:
(a) sections 30E and 30F:
(b) sections 30G to 30I in so far as—
(i) those sections relate to a collective employment agreement that binds the chief executive of the Crown entity before the transfer of the functions; and
(ii) that collective employment agreement applies to an employee whose position in the Crown entity ceases to exist as a result of the transfer of functions.
(2) On the commencement of an Order in Council under subsection (1), the sections declared to apply in respect of the Crown entity named in the order apply—
(a) as if a reference to Department A in that section were a reference to that Crown entity; and
(b) with all other necessary modifications.
Section 30D: inserted, on 2 August 2003, by section 4 of the State Sector Amendment Act 2003 (2003 No 41).