637Transitional provision—Regulatory Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2025

637 Transitional provision—Regulatory Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2025 (1) This section applies if, immediately before the commencement day, a principal officer of an Aboriginal agency was authorised under section 18. (2) On and after the commencement day— (a) the principal officer is taken to have been authorised under section 18 as amended by the **Regulatory Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2025**; and (b) the authorisation continues in effect, subject to its terms and conditions, as if made under section 18 as amended by the **Regulatory Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2025** until the earliest of the following— (i) it is revoked by the Secretary under section 18AAA; or (ii) the protection order in respect of the child who is the subject of the authorisation ceases to be in force; or (iii) the person who is the subject of the authorisation is no longer a child. ***commencement day*** means the day on which section 10 of the **Regulatory Legislation Amendment (Reform) Act 2025** comes into operation. S. 640 inserted by No. 54/2025 s. 26.