81(1)During the period beginning on July 1, 2013, and ending on June 30, 2015, despite the Civil Service Act, a person who was an employee of the Justice Division of the Department of Justice and Attorney General on June 30, 2013, and becomes an employee of the Commission on July 1, 2013, may be a candidate in a closed competition under the Civil Service Act as if that person were an employee within the meaning of that Act and, in relation to that competition, has the status of an employee under that Act for the purposes of sections 33, 33.1 and 33.2 of that Act.