Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts17. (1) Each of the following provisions of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “fireman” (wherever occurring) and substituting “firefighter”:
Subsections 24 (1) and 27 (1), (2), (3) and (4) and section 76.
(2) Each of the following provisions of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “Fireman” (wherever occurring) and substituting “Firefighter”:
Paragraphs 18 (a) to (f) (inclusive).
(3) Each of the following provisions of the Principal Act is amended by omitting “firemen” (wherever occurring) and substituting “firefighters”:
Subsection 16 (3) and sections 18 and 19.
18. (1) Notwithstanding the amendments of the Principal Act effected by this Act—
(a) section 22 of the Principal Act, and the Regulations, as in force immediately before the commencement day, continue to apply on and after that day in relation to an appointment that was probationary immediately before that day; and
(b) Division 5 of Part III of the Principal Act, and the Regulations, as in force immediately before the commencement day, continues to apply on and after that day in relation to a promotion that was provisional immediately before that day.
(2) In subsection (1), “commencement day” means—
(a) in paragraph (a)—the day on which section 22 of the Principal Act, as amended by this Act, commences; and
(b) in paragraph (b)—the day on which section 34 of the Principal Act, as amended by this Act, commences.