Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CUSTOMS, EXCISE AND BOUNTY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 1995 No. 85 of 1995 - SECT 19

19.(1) A reference:

   (a)  in any law of the Commonwealth in force immediately before the day on
        which this Act receives the Royal Assent; or

   (b)  in any instrument made under such a law; to the Collector of Customs
        for a State or Territory (however described) is taken, on and after
        that day, to be a reference to the Regional Director for that State or
        Territory.

(2) An act or thing done by the Collector of Customs for a State or Territory
in the exercise, or purported exercise, of a power conferred under any law of
the Commonwealth in force immediately before the day on which this Act
receives the Royal Assent is taken, on and after that day, to be an act or
thing done by the Regional Director for that State or Territory in the
exercise, or purported exercise, of that power.

(3) An act or thing done in relation to the Collector of Customs for a State
or Territory under a law of the Commonwealth in force immediately before this
Act receives the Royal Assent has effect, on and after that day, as if it were
an act or thing done in relation to the Regional Director for that State or
Territory under that law.

(4) Any proceedings begun by or against the Collector of Customs for a State
or Territory in a court or tribunal and not finally determined before the day
on which this Act receives the Royal Assent have effect, on and after that
day, as if they were proceedings brought by or against the Regional Director
for that State or Territory.