sec.24Continuance of areas and trusts

### sec.24 Continuance of areas and trusts To remove any doubt, it is declared that each relevant area, and the trust for each relevant area, continued in existence under this Act on and after 19 December 2014. For the appointment by the Minister, before the commencement, of a person to the membership of the trust for a relevant area, section 5(1)(b) is taken never to have required the number of persons to be appointed to be as stated in a regulation. If a provision of this Act applies to a member of a trust as having been appointed under section 5(1)(a) or under section 5(1)(b), the reference to either provision is taken to be a reference to the provision as in force when the person was appointed to the trust. In this section— relevant area means a river improvement area, including the Burdekin Shire Rivers Improvement Area, in existence under this Act as a river improvement area immediately before 19 December 2014. s 24 orig s 24 ins 1995 No. 58 s 4 sch 1 exp 28 May 1996 (see s 24(3)) prev s 24 ins 1997 No. 78 s 107 om 2014 No. 64 s 50 pres s 24 ins 2016 No. 60 s 5 (sec.24-ssec.1) To remove any doubt, it is declared that each relevant area, and the trust for each relevant area, continued in existence under this Act on and after 19 December 2014. (sec.24-ssec.2) For the appointment by the Minister, before the commencement, of a person to the membership of the trust for a relevant area, section 5(1)(b) is taken never to have required the number of persons to be appointed to be as stated in a regulation. (sec.24-ssec.3) If a provision of this Act applies to a member of a trust as having been appointed under section 5(1)(a) or under section 5(1)(b), the reference to either provision is taken to be a reference to the provision as in force when the person was appointed to the trust. (sec.24-ssec.4) In this section— relevant area means a river improvement area, including the Burdekin Shire Rivers Improvement Area, in existence under this Act as a river improvement area immediately before 19 December 2014.