Working with Children Check Act 2000
sec.485Continuation if commissioner acting on own initiative
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sec.485 Continuation if commissioner acting on own initiative
This section applies if— before the commencement, the commissioner had started on the commissioner’s own initiative to exercise a power in relation to a person or a prescribed notice; and the commissioner may, immediately after the commencement, exercise the power under chapter 8. The commissioner may continue to exercise the power under chapter 8 in relation to the person or prescribed notice. Subsection (2) applies even if the matters to which the commissioner may or must have regard in exercising the power, or any other powers that the commissioner may exercise in relation to exercising the power, are different under chapter 8. s 485 ins 2010 No. 5 s 64 (sec.485-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement, the commissioner had started on the commissioner’s own initiative to exercise a power in relation to a person or a prescribed notice; and the commissioner may, immediately after the commencement, exercise the power under chapter 8. (sec.485-ssec.2) The commissioner may continue to exercise the power under chapter 8 in relation to the person or prescribed notice. (sec.485-ssec.3) Subsection (2) applies even if the matters to which the commissioner may or must have regard in exercising the power, or any other powers that the commissioner may exercise in relation to exercising the power, are different under chapter 8.
- (a) before the commencement, the commissioner had started on the commissioner’s own initiative to exercise a power in relation to a person or a prescribed notice; and
- (b) the commissioner may, immediately after the commencement, exercise the power under chapter 8.