sec.242Existing authorised officers continue

### sec.242 Existing authorised officers continue A person who held appointment as an authorised officer under the repealed Act immediately before the commencement of this section is taken to be an authorised officer under this Act. A person taken to be an authorised officer under section 22(3)(a) of the repealed Act before the commencement of this section is taken to be an authorised officer under this Act for a term of 1 year starting on the commencement of this section. For part 8, an identity card issued under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 to a person taken, under subsection (2), to be an authorised officer under this Act is, for the period mentioned in subsection (2), taken to be an identity card for the person under this Act. (sec.242-ssec.1) A person who held appointment as an authorised officer under the repealed Act immediately before the commencement of this section is taken to be an authorised officer under this Act. (sec.242-ssec.2) A person taken to be an authorised officer under section 22(3)(a) of the repealed Act before the commencement of this section is taken to be an authorised officer under this Act for a term of 1 year starting on the commencement of this section. (sec.242-ssec.3) For part 8, an identity card issued under the Nature Conservation Act 1992 to a person taken, under subsection (2), to be an authorised officer under this Act is, for the period mentioned in subsection (2), taken to be an identity card for the person under this Act.