35Registered auditors and liquidators

35 Registered auditors and liquidators

(1)  For the purposes of the Companies (Tasmania) Code , a person who was, immediately before the date of commencement of this Act, registered as an auditor or as a liquidator or appointed as an official liquidator under the Companies Act 1962 shall, subject to section 27 of that Code , be deemed to be registered under Division 2 of Part II of that Code as an auditor, as a liquidator, or as an official liquidator, as the case may be, for the period of 6 months commencing on the date of commencement of this Act.

(2)  Where –

(a) a person who is deemed by reason of subsection (1) to be registered under Division 2 of Part II of the Companies (Tasmania) Code as an auditor or as a liquidator for the period of 6 months commencing on the date of commencement of this Act has applied to be registered under that Division as an auditor or as a liquidator, as the case may be, within that period of 6 months; and

(b) at the expiration of that period, the person has not been notified of the results of his application –

the person shall, subject to section 27 of that Code , be deemed to be registered as an auditor or liquidator, as the case may be, for a further period commencing at the expiration of the period referred to in paragraph (a) and ending –

(c) in the case of an application for registration as an auditor – on the day on which the application is granted or refused; and

(d) in the case of an application for registration as a liquidator – on the day on which the person is notified of the results of his application.

(3)  Where the registration as a liquidator of a person to whom subsection (2) applies comes into force under Division 2 of Part II of the Companies (Tasmania) Code , that person shall be deemed to have been registered as a liquidator under that Division for the period commencing at the expiration of the day referred to in and ending at the expiration of the day before the day on which that registration comes into force.