Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1901 - SECT 19C

             (1)  Where an agreement is or has been entered into, either before or after the commencement of this section, by or on behalf of the Commonwealth and, after the date of the agreement, the functions of a Department of State of the Commonwealth in relation to the administration of matters to which the agreement relates (in this section referred to as the former Department ) are or have been allotted to another Department (in this section referred to as the new Department ):

                     (a)  any reference in the agreement to a Minister administering the former Department shall be read as a reference to a Minister administering the new Department or to a member of the Executive Council acting for the time being for him and on his behalf;

                     (b)  any reference in the agreement to the former Department shall be read as a reference to the new Department; and

                     (c)  any reference in the agreement to an officer or body of persons shall be read as a reference to:

                              (i)  any other officer or body for the time being exercising the powers or performing the functions of the first‑mentioned officer or body; or

                             (ii)  an officer or body specified, by order, by a Minister administering the new Department.

             (2)  In this section:

"officer" includes an APS employee.