Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF ABORIGINAL AND TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER STUDIES ACT 1989 - SECT 53

                   The following provisions apply in relation to the first Principal of the Institute in spite of anything to the contrary in Part 6:

                     (a)  the first Principal shall be the person who, immediately before the commencement, held the office of Principal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies;

                     (b)  that person commences to hold the office of Principal at the commencement as if he or she had been appointed to that office by the Council for a period (in this section called the notional appointment period ) equal to so much of the person's term as Principal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies as remained unexpired immediately before the commencement;

                     (c)  that person is, as holder of the office of Principal during the notional appointment period, entitled to remuneration and allowances in accordance with section 45;

                     (d)  except as provided by paragraph (c), the terms and conditions applicable to that person as holder of the office of Principal during the notional appointment period are the same as the terms and conditions that were applicable to the person as holder of the office of Principal of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies immediately before the commencement.