MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (STAFF) ACT 1984 - SECT 25
Rights of relevant public servants employed by Senators and Members
SECT
25. (1) For the purposes of the Public Service Act, a relevant public servant who is employed under this Part shall, subject to subsection (2), while the employment continues, be deemed to be on leave without pay but the service of the relevant public servant in that employment, while the relevant public servant is so deemed to be on leave, shall be taken into account as if it were service as a relevant public servant. (2) A relevant public servant who was selected for employment under the Public Service Act, or whose employment under that Act was authorized, on the condition that the employment should not continue after the expiration of a specified period or on the condition that the employment should not continue after the completion of specified work shall, for the purposes of that Act, be deemed to cease to be a relevant public servant at the expiration of that period or the completion of that work, as the case may be.