41 Existing rights under Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956 unaffected

• (1) Despite any thing in any other Act or any change in the majority shareholding of the company, any person who, immediately before 30 June 2008, is employed by the company and is a contributor to the Government Superannuation Fund under Part 2 or 2A of the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956 is, for the purposes of that Act, deemed to be an employee in the Government service so long as that person continues to be an employee of the company.

  (2) The Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956 applies to that person in all respects as if that person's service as an employee of the company is Government service.

  (3) Nothing in subsections (1) and (2) entitles any person to become a contributor to the Government Superannuation Fund after that person has ceased to be a contributor.

  (4) For the purposes of applying the Government Superannuation Fund Act 1956, in accordance with this section, to all employees of the company who are contributors to the Government Superannuation Fund, controlling authority, in relation to the those employees, means the company's board.

  (5) For the purposes of this section, company means Toll NZ Consolidated Limited; and includes any successor company into which all or some of its assets, liabilities, and employees are transferred or merged, provided the Crown wholly owns (either directly or indirectly) the successor company or companies.