Commonwealth Numbered Acts

HOME AND COMMUNITY CARE (MISCELLANEOUS AMENDMENTS) ACT 1985 No. 185 of 1985 - SECT 12

12. (1) Notwithstanding the amendments of the Principal Act made by this Act,
the provisions of the Principal Act, other than section 10 of that Act,
continue to apply, on and after the prescribed commencement day, in relation
to meals provided by an approved organisation in the course of conducting an
approved meal service in a State before the prescribed commencement day as if
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   (a)  those provisions had not been amended by this Act; and

   (b)  where -

        (i)    the prescribed commencement day occurs before 1 October 1985 -
               the period commencing on 1 July 1985 and ending on the day
               before the prescribed commencement day was a period to which
               this Act applies; or

        (ii)   the prescribed commencement day occurs after 1 October 1985 and
               before 1 January 1986 - the period commencing on 1 October 1985
               and ending on the day before the prescribed commencement day
               was a period to which this Act applies.

(2) Conditions specified by the Secretary by notice published in the Gazette
before the prescribed commencement day pursuant to sub-section 6 (1A) as that
section was in force immediately before the prescribed commencement day, being
conditions that were in force immediately before the prescribed commencement
day, shall, after the prescribed commencement day, have effect as if they were
conditions specified by the Secretary by notice published in the Gazette
pursuant to sub-section 6 (4) of the Principal Act as amended by this Act.

(3) In this section -
(a) "prescribed commencement day" has the same meaning as in the
Principal Act as amended by this Act; and
(b) "approved organisation", "approved meal service" and "a period to
which this Act applies" have the same respective meanings as in the Principal
Act.