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8The *Prisons Amendment Act 1999* s. 19 reads as follows:
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8 The *Prisons Amendment Act 1999* s. 19 reads as follows:
19. Transitional
(1) A person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, was a prison medical officer as defined in the *Prisons Act 1981* is, on and after the commencement of this Act, to be taken to be —
(a) a medical officer referred to in section 6(3) of the *Prisons Act 1981* as amended by this Act; and
(b) appointed on the same terms and conditions, including as to remuneration, as those which applied to the person immediately before the commencement of this Act.
(2) A person who, immediately before the commencement of this Act, was a medical officer as defined in the *Prisons Act 1981* is, on and after the commencement of this Act, to be taken to be —
(a) a medical officer referred to in section 6(4) of the *Prisons Act 1981* as amended by this Act; and
(b) appointed or engaged (as is relevant to the case) on the same terms and conditions, including as to remuneration, as those which applied to the person immediately before the commencement of this Act.
9 The amendments in the *Corruption and Crime Commission Act 2003* Sch. 3 cl. 7(3)‑(6) are not included because the sections they sought to amend were deleted by the *Inspector of Custodial Services Act 2003* s. 56(1) before the amendments came into operation.