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

This order, which comes into force on 1 July 2006, does 3 things.

First, the order removes the name of the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services from the list of departments of the Public Service that is contained in Schedule 1 of the State Sector Act 1988, as a result of the abolition of that department and the transfer of its functions to the Ministry of Social Development following the merger of the Department of Child, Youth and Family Services and the Ministry of Social Development on 1 July 2006.

Secondly, the order applies some of the employee provisions of the State Sector Act 1988 to employees affected by the transfer of functions to the Ministry of Social Development. The provisions applied are—

• section 30E, which relates to restriction of compensation for technical redundancy. As a result, a Department of Child, Youth and Family Services employee who is offered equivalent employment with the Ministry of Social Development, or who accepts other employment with the Ministry of Social Development, is not entitled to receive compensation for technical redundancy:

• section 30F, which disapplies some of the State Sector Act 1988 provisions that usually apply to appointments. As a result, the Ministry of Social Development is not obliged to comply with some standard obligations, for example, the obligation to notify a vacancy before appointing a Department of Child, Youth and Family Services employee:

• section 30G, which relates to the application of collective employment agreements. As a result, any collective employment agreement that relates to transferring employees will continue to apply to those employees after the transfer, but only in so far as it relates to those employees.

Thirdly, the order applies sections 30H and 30I of the State Sector Act 1988, which concern consequential changes to references to departments and chief executives following reorganisations, to things coming into force, entered into, or created during a 12-month transitional period, beginning on 1 July 2006 and ending on 30 June 2007, after the transfer of functions to the Ministry of Social Development.