WHEAT MARKETING ACT 1989No. 58, 1989 - SECT 92 Transitional provision: continuance of Board etc.

WHEAT MARKETING ACT 1989No. 58, 1989 - SECT 92

92. (1) Subsections (2) and (3) cease to have effect:

   (a)  at the end of the period of 6 months commencing on the day on which
        this Act receives the Royal Assent; or

   (b)  if a day before the end of that period is fixed by the Minister by
        notice published in the Gazette, on that day.

(2) The persons who, immediately before the commencement of this section, hold
office as members of the Board continue in office as follows:

   (a)  the Chairperson continues as Chairperson in an executive capacity;

   (b)  the member to represent the Commonwealth continues as the government
        member of the Board;

   (c)  the members holding office by virtue of paragraph 34 (1) (c) or (d) of
        the 1984 Act continue as nominated members of the Board.

(3) For the purposes only of subsection (2), section 15 of this Act has effect
as if it provided for the appointment of 9 nominated members.

(4) An appointment under section 15 of this Act made while subsection (2) of
this section is in force takes effect:

   (a)  when subsection (2) ceases to have effect; or

   (b)  if a later date is specified in the instrument of appointment-on that
        later date.

(5) The person holding office as Presiding Member of the Australian Wheat
Board Selection Committee immediately before the commencement of this section
holds office as the Presiding Member under this Act as if:

   (a)  section 27 of this Act had been in force when the person was appointed
        under the 1984 Act; and

   (b)  the person had been appointed under that section for the same term as
        that for which the person was appointed under the 1984 Act.