Working with Children Check Act 2000
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sec.543 Office holders and entities under former provisions
On the commencement— the former commission is abolished; and a person holding office as the former commissioner or former assistant commissioner goes out of office; and the Child Death Case Review Committee under former chapter 6 is abolished and its members go out of office; and each advisory committee under former chapter 7 is abolished. A legal proceeding that, immediately before the commencement, was being taken or may have been taken by or against a former entity may be continued or taken by or against the State. If, immediately before the commencement, a former entity was a party to a current contract, then the State is taken to be a party to the contract in place of the former entity. A regulation may prescribe an entity to be the party acting for the State for a legal proceeding or contract to which subsection (2) or (3) applies. In this section— former entity means the former commission, former commissioner or former assistant commissioner. s 543 ins 2014 No. 28 s 90 (sec.543-ssec.1) On the commencement— the former commission is abolished; and a person holding office as the former commissioner or former assistant commissioner goes out of office; and the Child Death Case Review Committee under former chapter 6 is abolished and its members go out of office; and each advisory committee under former chapter 7 is abolished. (sec.543-ssec.2) A legal proceeding that, immediately before the commencement, was being taken or may have been taken by or against a former entity may be continued or taken by or against the State. (sec.543-ssec.3) If, immediately before the commencement, a former entity was a party to a current contract, then the State is taken to be a party to the contract in place of the former entity. (sec.543-ssec.4) A regulation may prescribe an entity to be the party acting for the State for a legal proceeding or contract to which subsection (2) or (3) applies. (sec.543-ssec.5) In this section— former entity means the former commission, former commissioner or former assistant commissioner.
- (a) the former commission is abolished; and
- (b) a person holding office as the former commissioner or former assistant commissioner goes out of office; and
- (c) the Child Death Case Review Committee under former chapter 6 is abolished and its members go out of office; and
- (d) each advisory committee under former chapter 7 is abolished.