4Established notaries public and confirmation of past actions

4 Established notaries public and confirmation of past actions

(1)  A person who, immediately before the commencement day, held office as, and was in practice in Tasmania as, a notary public or public notary appointed, or purporting to have been appointed, by the Court of Faculties of His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury shall be deemed to have been, on that day, appointed under this Act as a notary public.

(2)  Any act, matter or thing appertaining to the office, function or practice of a notary public or public notary that was done or performed in Tasmania at any time before the commencement day by a person referred to in subsection (1) has, and shall be deemed always to have had, the same force and effect as it would have had if, at that time, this Act had been in force and the name of the person had been on the Roll.