This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 28 October 2015, does 2 things.

First, the order applies some of the employee provisions of the State Sector Act 1988 (the Act) to employees affected by the transfer of certain functions listed in clause 3 from the Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (a departmental agency hosted by the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet) to the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment and Land Information New Zealand. The provisions applied are—

• section 30E, which relates to a restriction of compensation for technical redundancy:

• section 30F, which provides that sections 60 to 61B and 65 of the Act do not apply to certain appointments following a transfer of functions.

Sections 30E and 30F of the Act were repealed by the State Sector Amendment Act 2013 with effect from 18 July 2013. However, under section 61AB of the Act, sections 30E and 30F continue to apply until the end of 18 July 2016.

Second, the order applies sections 30H and 30I of the State Sector Act 1988, which concern consequential changes to references to departments, employees, and chief executives following reorganisations, to things coming into force, entered into, or created during a 12-month transitional period, beginning on 1 December 2015 and ending on 30 November 2016, after the transfer of functions to the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment and Land Information New Zealand.