8Effect of termination of amendment reference or transition reference before initial reference

8 Effect of termination of amendment reference or transition reference before initial reference

8 Effect of termination of amendment reference or transition reference before initial reference

(1) If the amendment reference or the transition reference terminates before the initial reference, the termination of the amendment reference or transition reference does not affect:

(a) laws that were made under that reference before that termination (whether or not they have come into operation before that termination), or

(b) the continued operation in the State of the Commonwealth Fair Work Act as in operation immediately before that termination or as subsequently amended or affected by:

(i) laws referred to in paragraph (a) that come into operation after that termination, or

(ii) provisions referred to in section 5 (4).

(2) Accordingly, the amendment reference or transition reference continues to have effect for the purposes of subsection (1) unless the initial reference is terminated.