Disability Services Act 2006
sec.290Continuation if chief executive acting on own initiative
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sec.290 Continuation if chief executive acting on own initiative
This section applies if— before the commencement, the chief executive had started on the chief executive’s own initiative to exercise a power in relation to a person or a prescribed notice; and the chief executive may, immediately after the commencement, exercise the power under this Act. The chief executive may continue to exercise the power under this Act in relation to the person or prescribed notice. For subsection (1)(b), the chief executive’s power under section 103 of the unamended Act is taken to be exercisable, immediately after the commencement, under section 83(1)(b)(ii). s 290 ins 2010 No. 5 s 156 (sec.290-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement, the chief executive had started on the chief executive’s own initiative to exercise a power in relation to a person or a prescribed notice; and the chief executive may, immediately after the commencement, exercise the power under this Act. (sec.290-ssec.2) The chief executive may continue to exercise the power under this Act in relation to the person or prescribed notice. (sec.290-ssec.3) For subsection (1)(b), the chief executive’s power under section 103 of the unamended Act is taken to be exercisable, immediately after the commencement, under section 83(1)(b)(ii).
- (a) before the commencement, the chief executive had started on the chief executive’s own initiative to exercise a power in relation to a person or a prescribed notice; and
- (b) the chief executive may, immediately after the commencement, exercise the power under this Act.