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STATUTE LAW (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1987 No. 141, 1987 - SECT 5

5. (1) Except as provided in this section, where this Act:

   (a)  amends a provision of an Act; or

   (b)  repeals and re-enacts (with or without modification) a provision of an
        Act; any act done or decision made under the provision has effect
        after the amendment, or repeal and re-enactment, as if it had been
        done or made under the provision as so amended or re-enacted.

(2) Notwithstanding the repeal and re-enactment of sections 32 and 33 of the
Audit Act 1901 effected by this Act, those sections, as in force immediately
before the commencement of this section, continue to apply, and the other
provisions of the Audit Act 1901 as amended by this Act apply, in relation to
warrants issued by the Governor-General under subsection 32 (3) of the Audit 
Act 1901 before the commencement of this section.

(3) Section 11A of the Audit Act 1901 as amended by this Act applies in
relation to the financial year that commenced on 1 July 1986 and subsequent
financial years, and subsections 41D (2), (2A) and (2B) of that Act as so
amended apply in relation to the financial year that commenced on 1 July 1987
and subsequent financial years.

(4) Where, immediately before the commencement of this section, a person was
holding office as Chairman of the Australian Statistics Advisory Council, the
person shall, on the commencement of this section, be deemed to have been
appointed as Chairperson of that Council for the remainder of the term for
which the person was appointed as Chairman.

(5) Subsection (4) of this section has effect notwithstanding anything
contained in subsection 19 (2) of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975
as amended by this Act.

(6) Section 48A of the Crimes Act 1914 as amended by this Act applies only in
relation to a person who, after the commencement of this section, commits an
offence against section 47 of that Act as so amended.

(7) Section 48B of the Crimes Act 1914 as amended by this Act applies only in
relation to a person who becomes a prisoner unlawfully at large (within the
meaning of that section) after the commencement of this section.

(8) Paragraph 38 (3) (aa) of the Dairy Produce Act 1986 as amended by this Act
applies only in relation to a person who is appointed or re-appointed as an
appointed member of the Australian Dairy Corporation after the commencement of
this section.

(9) Paragraph 25 (2) (da) of the Export Control Act 1982 as amended by this
Act applies only in relation to amounts that become payable to the
Commonwealth after the commencement of this section.

(10) Nothing in this Act, or in paragraph 25 (2) (da) of the Export Control 
Act 1982 as amended by this Act, shall be taken to imply that, before the
commencement of this section, regulations made under the Export Control Act 
1982 , or orders made pursuant to those regulations, could not make provision
for or in relation to the matter referred to in that paragraph.

(11) Subsections 14 (7) and (8) of the First Home Owners Act 1983 as amended
by this Act apply only in relation to contracts the date of which is not
earlier than the day on which this section comes into operation.

(12) Notwithstanding the amendments of the First Home Owners Act 1983 made by
this Act, subsections 14 (7) and (8) of the first-mentioned Act, as in force
immediately before the commencement of this section, continue to apply in
relation to contracts the date of which is earlier than the day on which this
section comes into operation.

(13) Where, immediately before the commencement of this section, a visa
granted under subsection 11A (1) of the Migration Act 1958 was in force, the
visa shall, on the commencement of this section, be deemed to have been
granted under subsection 11A (1) of the Migration Act 1958 as amended by this
Act.

(14) Notwithstanding the amendments of the Migration Act 1958 made by this
Act, the first-mentioned Act, as in force immediately before the commencement
of this section, continues to apply in relation to return endorsements issued
under the first-mentioned Act before the commencement of this section.

(15) Where, immediately before the commencement of this section, a standard of
classification certificate issued by a survey authority was approved under
section 187BA of the Navigation Act 1912, the Minister shall, on the
commencement of this section, be deemed to have made the approval under
section 187BA of the Navigation Act 1912 as amended by this Act.

(16) Where, immediately before the commencement of this section, a corporation
or association for the survey of shipping was approved as a survey authority
under section 187BA of the Navigation Act 1912, the Minister shall, on the
commencement of this section, be deemed to have made the approval for
the purposes of the definition of "survey authority" in subsection 6 (1) of
that Act as amended by this Act.

(17) Section 5B of the Removal of Prisoners (Australian Capital Territory) Act
1968 as amended by this Act applies only in relation to a person who becomes a
prisoner unlawfully at large (within the meaning of that section) after the
commencement of this section.

(18) Section 7A of the Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923 as amended
by this Act applies only in relation to a person who, after the commencement
of this section, commits an offence against subsection 7 (2) of that Act as so
amended.

(19) Section 7B of the Removal of Prisoners (Territories) Act 1923 as amended
by this Act applies only in relation to a person who becomes a prisoner
unlawfully at large (within the meaning of that section) after the
commencement of this section.

(20) Subsection 31A (2) of the Student Assistance Act 1973 as amended by this
Act applies in relation to amounts referred to in paragraph 31A (1) (a) of
that first-mentioned Act that are paid on or after 1 January 1987.