8Saving of acts done due to expiry

8 Saving of acts done due to expiry

(1)  The adoption of the Commonwealth Act under section 4 during the expiry period does not apply to an act done by a local registration authority during the expiry period if the act –

(a) was done because of the expiry; and

(b) was valid when done; and

(c) would, except for the expiry, be invalid if the Commonwealth Act were applied to it.

(2)  Without limiting subsection (1) , the adoption of the Commonwealth Act under section 4 during the expiry period does not apply to the extent of requiring the counting of any period for the purposes of Part 3 of the Commonwealth Act during the expiry period.

(3)  Subsection (2) does not apply to the counting of a period by a local registration authority for the purposes of Part 3 of the Commonwealth Act, if the local registration authority counted the period despite the expiry.

(4)  In this section, a reference to the doing of an act includes a reference to the making of an omission.

(5)  In this section –

expiry means the expiry of the previous Act;

expiry period means the period between the expiry and the commencement of this section;

local registration authority means a local registration authority as defined under the Commonwealth Act in relation to Tasmania.