137Australian Fisheries Management Selection Committees to continue

137  Australian Fisheries Management Selection Committees to continue

Presiding member

(1) A person holding office as the Presiding Member of Australian Fisheries Management Authority Selection Committees under section 25 of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991 immediately before the commencement time:

 (a) is taken to have been appointed, at the commencement time, under subsection 139(1) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 for the balance of the term of appointment under subsection 25(3) of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991 as in force immediately before the commencement time; and

 (b) is taken to have been so appointed on the same terms and conditions as applied to the person immediately before the commencement time.

Acting Presiding member

(2) A person appointed to act as Presiding Member of Australian Fisheries Management Authority Selection Committees under subsection 26(1) of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991 immediately before the commencement time:

 (a) is taken to have been appointed, at the commencement time, under subsection 140(1) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991 for the balance of the term of appointment under subsection 26(1) of the Fisheries Administration Act 1991 as in force immediately before the commencement time; and

 (b) is taken to have been so appointed on the same terms and conditions as applied to the person immediately before the commencement time.

Selection Committees

(3) A Selection Committee that is:

 (a) established under section 140 of the Fisheries Management Act 1991; and

 (b) in existence immediately before the commencement time;

continues in existence, on and after the commencement time, as if it had been established under section 141A of that Act, as in force at the commencement time.

(4) A person (other than the Presiding Member mentioned in subitem (1)) who, immediately before the commencement time, was a member of a Selection Committee to which paragraphs (3)(a) and (b) apply:

 (a) is taken to have been appointed, at the commencement time, under subsection 141B(2) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991; and

 (b) is taken to have been so appointed on the same terms and conditions as applied to the person immediately before the commencement time.

(5) A notice that is:

 (a) given under subsection 139(1) of the Fisheries Management Act 1991; and

 (b) in force immediately before the commencement time;

continues to have effect, on and after the commencement time, as if it had been given under subsection 141(1) of that Act, as in force at the commencement time.