5CEffect of termination of amendment reference before other reference

5C Effect of termination of amendment reference before other reference

5C Effect of termination of amendment reference before other reference

(1) If the reference made by section 5A(1) (the amendment reference) terminates before the reference made by section 4(1)(a), the termination of the amendment 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 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 5A(6).

(2) Accordingly, the amendment reference continues to have effect for the purposes of subsection (1) unless the reference under section 4(1)(a) is terminated.

ss 5A–5D: Ins 2021 No 17, Sch 1[3].