4Validation of documents required to be in approved form, &c.

4 Validation of documents required to be in approved form, &c.

For the avoidance of doubt –

(a) any application of the kind referred to in section 12(1) or 77(1) of the Act that was made during the validation period is, if accepted for consideration by the Minister administering the Act at the time of its lodgment, taken to have been in a form approved for the purposes of that section at that time; and

(b) any permit or licence issued or purportedly issued under section 14 or 79 of the Act during the validation period is taken to have been in a form approved for the purposes of that section when it was so issued or purportedly so issued; and

(c) any identity card issued or purportedly issued under section 164 or 165 of the Act during the validation period is taken to have been in a form approved for the purposes of that section when it was so issued or purportedly so issued; and

(d) any infringement notice served or purportedly served under Division 5 of Part 9 of the Act during the validation period is taken to have been in a form approved for the purposes of that Division when it was so served or purportedly so served; and

(e) any document issued or used, or purportedly issued or used, during the validation period for the purposes of section 145(1) of the Act is taken to  have been –

(i) properly approved for issue or use for the purposes of that section; and

(ii) in a form approved for the purposes of that section when it was so issued or used or purportedly so issued or used.