Telecommunication Successor Company Order, 2001 · As enacted
5. Transfer to telecommunication successor company of employees of the telecommunication undertaking
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Ill Every person who was an employee of Government in connection with the telecommunication undertaking immediately before the succession date (other than an excepted telecommunication employee) is deemed -
telecommunication undertaking
"telecommunication undertaking" means all property, whether moveable or immovable, vested in the Government which is necessary for the provision, maintenance, management and operation of telecommunication services in Brunei Darussalam, and all assets, powers, rights, interests, privileges, debts, liabilities and obligations connected therewith;
to have been engaged by the telecommunication successor com~
pany, with effect from the succession date, on terms and conditions of service no less favourable than those enjoyed by him immediately prior to his transfer; and
succession date
"succession date" means the date appointed by the Minister by order published in the Gazette for the purposes of section 3;
to have accrued an entitlement to benefits, in connection with his employment by the telecommunication successor company, that is equivalent to the entitlement that he had accrued, as an employee of the Government in connection with the telecommunication under~
telecommunication successor company
"telecommunication successor company" means the company nominated by the Minister pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (1} of section 3;
taking, immediately before the succession date.
The service of an employee transferred under subsection (1), as an employee of the telecommunication successor company, is deemed, for all purposes, to have been continuous with the service of the employee immediately 1131
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM GOVERNMENT GAZETIE before the succession date, as an employee of the Government in connection with the telecommunication undertaking.
Terms defined in s 2
excepted telecommunication employee
Defined · s 2"excepted telecommunication employee" means any officer or employee which the Authority may specify as necessary or expedient to be retained by the Authority (or the Authority's nominee) for the exercise of any of the duties and functions relating to telecommunications under the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam Order, 2001 and under the Telecommunications Order, 2001;
succession date
Defined · s 2"succession date" means the date appointed by the Minister by order published in the Gazette for the purposes of section 3;
telecommunication successor company
Defined · s 2"telecommunication successor company" means the company nominated by the Minister pursuant to paragraph (a) of subsection (1} of section 3;
telecommunication undertaking
Defined · s 2"telecommunication undertaking" means all property, whether moveable or immovable, vested in the Government which is necessary for the provision, maintenance, management and operation of telecommunication services in Brunei Darussalam, and all assets, powers, rights, interests, privileges, debts, liabilities and obligations connected therewith;