24Consequences of amalgamation

24 Consequences of amalgamation

24 Consequences of amalgamation

(1) When a proclamation under section 23 declaring that 2 or more boards are amalgamated takes effect—

(a) the individual boards declared by the proclamation to be dissolved are dissolved, and

(b) a person who, immediately before the dissolution takes effect, held office as a member of one of the dissolved boards—

(i) shall cease to hold office as such,

(ii) is eligible, if otherwise qualified, to be appointed as a member of the new board, and

(iii) is not entitled to be paid any remuneration or compensation by reason of ceasing to hold that office.

(2) A board established pursuant to a proclamation under section 23 is a continuation of, and the same legal entity as, the boards dissolved pursuant to that proclamation.

(3) Division 3 has effect as if the board declared to be constituted by a proclamation under section 23 had been declared to be constituted by a proclamation under section 10.