4Validation of certain appointments to offices, decisions, &c.

### 4 Validation of certain appointments to offices, decisions, &c. > > (1)  If a person was, on any day before the commencement day, appointed, or purportedly appointed, to a relevant office – > > > > > > (a) the appointment, or purported appointment, is not to be taken to have been invalid at any time during the relevant period; and > > > > > > > (b) an action or decision taken or made, or purportedly taken or made, at any time during the relevant period by the person as the holder, or purportedly as the holder, of the relevant office is not to be taken to be, or to have been, invalid – > > > > by reason only that at any time, or for any period, whether before, on or after the day on which he or she was appointed, or purportedly appointed, to the relevant office, the person did not hold a relevant practising certificate. > > > (2)  A relevant body is not to be taken to have been invalidly constituted at any time during the relevant period by reason only that a person by whom the relevant body was at that time, constituted, or purportedly constituted, in whole or in part, did not, at or before that time or for any period before that time, hold a relevant practising certificate. > > > (3)  An action or decision taken or made, or purportedly taken or made, at any time during the relevant period, by a relevant body is not to be taken to be, or to have been, invalid by reason only that a person by whom the relevant body was constituted, or purportedly constituted, in whole or in part, at that time did not, at or before that time or for any period before that time, hold a relevant practising certificate.