48Membership of Board

48 Membership of Board

(1) The members of the Board appointed under subsection 107VZC(1) of the Repatriation Act and holding office immediately before the commencing date shall, subject to the Veterans’ Entitlements Act, continue to hold office as members of the Board, but otherwise in accordance with their respective periods of appointment, as if they had been appointed under subsection 158(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act. (2) An appointment of a person made under subsection 107VZF(1) of the Repatriation Act to act as a member of the Board, being an appointment that had not been terminated by the Minister or by reason of the person’s resignation, before the commencing date, continues in force, subject to the Veterans’ Entitlements Act, on and after that date as if it had been made under subsection 161(1) of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act. (3) Where a person who held office as a member of the Board immediately before the commencing date in pursuance of an appointment made under the Repatriation Act was, on the occasion of his or her appointment, or on any occasion of his or her re‑appointment, as a member of the Board, a person selected from lists submitted in accordance with a request made under subsection 107VZC(3) of the Repatriation Act, the person shall, during the balance of the period of that appointment, be deemed to be a Services member within the meaning of Part IX of the Veterans’ Entitlements Act.