New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LAW AND JUSTICE FOUNDATION ACT 2000 - SCHEDULE 3

SCHEDULE 3 – Savings and transitional provisions

(Section 20)

Part 1 - Preliminary

1 Regulations

(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of the following Acts:

this Act

(2) Any such provision may, if the regulations so provide, take effect from the date of assent to the Act concerned or a later date.

(3) To the extent to which any such provision takes effect from a date that is earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette, the provision does not operate so as:

(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person existing before the date of its publication, or

(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the date of its publication.

Part 2 - Provisions consequent on enactment of this Act

2 Definitions

In this Part:
"former Board" means the Board of Governors of the former Law Foundation.
"new Board" means the Board of the Foundation established by this Act.
"1979 Act" means the Law Foundation Act 1979 .

3 The Board

A person who, immediately before the repeal of the 1979 Act, held office as a member of the former Board:

(a) ceases to hold that office, and

(b) is not entitled to any remuneration or compensation because of the loss of that office, and

(c) is eligible (if otherwise qualified) to be appointed as a member of the new Board.

4 Actions of former Board

Anything done or omitted to be done by or on behalf of the former Board immediately before the repeal of the 1979 Act is taken to have been done or omitted to be done by or on behalf of the new Board.

5 Continuity of Fund

The Fund is a continuation of the Law Foundation Fund established by section 16 of the 1979 Act.

6 Members of staff

Any person who was a member of staff of the former Law Foundation immediately before the repeal of the 1979 Act continues to be a member of staff of the Foundation.

7 Termination of appointment of Director

A person who held office as Director (including as an acting Director) of the former Law Foundation immediately before the repeal of the 1979 Act:

(a) ceases to hold that office, and

(b) is not entitled to any remuneration or compensation because of the loss of that office, and

(c) is eligible to be appointed as Director of the Foundation under this Act.