7Preservation of relevant decisions, &c., of Competent Authorities

7 Preservation of relevant decisions, &c., of Competent Authorities

(1)  A decision, determination or delegation made by a Competent Authority under the superseded Act and having force and effect immediately before the commencement day continues in force and effect on and after that day, according to its terms, as a decision, determination or delegation of the Secretary under the Dangerous Goods (Safe Transport) Act 1998 .

(2)  However, subsection (1) only applies if the decision, determination or delegation is relevant and translatable to the Dangerous Goods (Safe Transport) Act 1998 .

(3)  For the purposes of subsection (2) , a decision, determination or delegation is relevant and translatable to the Dangerous Goods (Safe Transport) Act 1998 if a decision, determination or delegation in the same terms would be capable of being made, after the commencement day, under that Act.

(4)  Nothing in this section is to be taken as restricting the operation of section 16 of the Acts Interpretation Act 1931 in so far as that section is applicable to the transition from the old legislative scheme to the new legislative scheme.