Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1986
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36 Savings and transitional provisions
36 Savings and transitional provisions
(1) This Act applies to offences committed before the commencement of this subsection, as well as to offences committed afterwards.
(2) Anything duly done by or in the name of the Attorney General before the commencement of this subsection is not affected by anything in this Act.
(3) The person holding office as Solicitor for Public Prosecutions immediately before the commencement of section 6 shall be deemed to have been appointed as Solicitor for Public Prosecutions under this Act.
(4) The amendments made to Schedule 1 by the Crown Law Officers Legislation Amendment (Abolition of Life Tenure) Act 2007 do not apply to a Senior Officer in respect of any office held by the Senior Officer immediately before the commencement of that Act.
(5) Clause 10 of Schedule 1 (as amended by the Courts and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2011) extends to any appointment to the office of Director made on or after the day on which the Bill for that Act was first introduced into Parliament.
(6) A person who holds office as a Deputy Director or the Solicitor immediately before the commencement of the Crown Law Officers Legislation Amendment (Retirement Age) Act 2011 and who was appointed for a specified term of office shorter than 7 years is taken to have been appointed for a term of 7 years.
(7) Subsection (6) does not apply to the term of office of a person appointed to act as a Deputy Director or the Solicitor.
(8) The amendments made to this Act by the Crown Law Officers Legislation Amendment (Retirement Age) Act 2011 do not affect any right preserved by this section to hold office beyond a retiring age provided by this Act.
(9) The amendments made to this Act by the Courts and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2012—
(a) extend to the person holding the office of Director immediately before the day on which the Bill for the Courts and Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2012 was first introduced into Parliament, and