Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) This section applies if—
(a) a judge or the master would, apart from this section, cease to hold office under this Act; and
(b) at the time that the judge or master would otherwise have ceased to hold office, proceedings were being heard by him or her (including proceedings in the Full Court or the Court of Appeal) but had not been finally determined.
(2) If this section applies in relation to a judge or the master, he or she continues to hold office for the purposes of the transitional proceedings.
(3) If this section applies in relation to a judge or the master, he or she may continue to exercise the jurisdiction of the court for the purposes of hearing and determining transitional proceedings.
(4) An order (including an order for costs) made in transitional proceedings is a valid exercise of the court's jurisdiction, and may be enforced accordingly.
(5) This section does not apply if a judge or the master ceases to hold office because of his or her removal from office.
(6) In this section:
"transitional proceedings" means proceedings referred to in subsection (1) (b).