Commonwealth Numbered Acts

STATUTE LAW (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT (No. 2) 1983 No. 91, 1983 - SECT 6

6. (1) Subject to sub-section (2), where this Act -

   (a)  amends a provision of an Act; or

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        provision amended or repealed has effect after the amendment or repeal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

(2) Where notification of a selection for promotion was published under
regulation 17 of the Australian Federal Police Regulations before the
commencement of the amendments of the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 (in
this sub-section referred to as the "Principal Act") made by this Act and by
the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 1) 1983, any appeal
arising out of that selection shall be dealt with, or continue to be dealt
with, as the case requires, as if those amendments had not been made, but any
promotion following the disposal of any such appeal shall be made in
accordance with the Principal Act as so amended.

(3) In section 16A of the Law Officers Act 1964 inserted by this Act, a
reference to a period of service as Solicitor-General extends, in the case of
the person who is the Solicitor-General at the date of commencement of that
section, to a period of service occurring before that date.