sec.54Saving provision

### sec.54 Saving provision If— at any time before the commencement of this section, a person made an application under sub section 28 (1) for a licence; and immediately before that commencement, the NHMRC Licensing Committee had not decided the application; then the person is taken, on and from that commencement, to have applied for the licence under sub section 28 (1) of the amended Act. To avoid any doubt, it is declared that a licence issued under section 29 that was in force immediately before the commencement of this section continues in force after that commencement. In this section— amended Act means this Act as amended by the Research Involving Human Embryos and Prohibition of Human Cloning Amendment Act 2007 . s 54 ins 2007 No. 45 s 25 (sec.54-ssec.1) If— at any time before the commencement of this section, a person made an application under sub section 28 (1) for a licence; and immediately before that commencement, the NHMRC Licensing Committee had not decided the application; then the person is taken, on and from that commencement, to have applied for the licence under sub section 28 (1) of the amended Act. (sec.54-ssec.2) To avoid any doubt, it is declared that a licence issued under section 29 that was in force immediately before the commencement of this section continues in force after that commencement. (sec.54-ssec.3) In this section— amended Act means this Act as amended by the Research Involving Human Embryos and Prohibition of Human Cloning Amendment Act 2007 . - (a) at any time before the commencement of this section, a person made an application under sub section 28 (1) for a licence; and - (b) immediately before that commencement, the NHMRC Licensing Committee had not decided the application;