Petroleum Authority of Brunei Darussalam Act · 2021 Revised Edition · Part · Transfer of Company Petroleum
31. Transfer of employees of Company
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
On or before the appointed day. the Minister shall, by notice to the
Company and the Authority, specify the employees of the Company who shall be transferred to the service of the Authority pursuant to the provisions of this section.
Company
"Company" means the Brunei National Petroleum Company Sendirian Berhad incorporated by the Brunei National Petroleum Company Sendirian Berhad Order, 2002 (S 612002);
On the appointed day -
all employees of the Company; and
such other persons as the Minister may determine, employed immediately before the appointed day by the Company shall be transferred to the service of the Authority on terms no less favourable than those enjoyed by them immediately prior to their transfer.
Until such time as terms and conditions of service are drawn up by the Authority, the scheme and terms and conditions of service in the
Authority
"Authority" means the Petroleum Authority of Brunei Darussalam established by section 3;
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The terms and conditions to be drawn up by the Authority shall take into account the salaries and terms and conditions of service, including
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petroleum
"petroleum" has the same meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the Petroleum Mining Act;
of Brunei Durussalum any accrued rights to leave. enjoyed by the persons transferred to the service of Authority under subsection (2) while in the employment of the Company.
Any term and condition relating to the length of service with the
Authority shall provide for the recognition of service under the Company by the persons transferred under subsection (2) to be service by them under the
Authority.
Where, on the appointed day. any disciplinary proceedings were pending against any employee of the Company transferred to the service of the Authority under subsection (2), the proceedings shall be carried on and completed by the Authority.
Where. on the appointed day, any matter was in the course of being heard or investigated or had been heard or investigated by a committee acting under due authority but no order. ruling or decision had been made thereon, the committee shall complete the hearing or investigation and shall make such order. ruling or decision as it could have made under the authority vested in it before the appointed day.
Any order. ruling or decision made by a committee under this section shall be treated as an order, a ruling or a decision of the Authority and have the same force or effect as if it had been made by the Authority.
The Authority may reprimand, reduce in rank, retire, dismiss or punish in some other manner a person who had, whilst he was in the employment of the Company. been guilty of any misconduct or neglect of duty which would have rendered him liable to be reprimanded, reduced in rank, retired, dismissed or punished in some other manner if he had continued to be in the employment of the Company, and if this Act had not been made.
Terms defined in s 2
Authority
Defined · s 2"Authority" means the Petroleum Authority of Brunei Darussalam established by section 3;
Company
Defined · s 2"Company" means the Brunei National Petroleum Company Sendirian Berhad incorporated by the Brunei National Petroleum Company Sendirian Berhad Order, 2002 (S 612002);
employees of the Company
Defined · s 2"employees of the Company" means the employees of the Company currently with the Company to be transferred to the service of the Authority to be specified pursuant to section 3 l(1);
Minister
Defined · s 2"Minister" means the Minister responsible for petroleum matters: "person' has the same meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the Petroleum Mining Act;
petroleum
Defined · s 2"petroleum" has the same meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the Petroleum Mining Act;