New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PERSONAL INJURY COMMISSION ACT 2020 - SECT 7

7 Appointments and other matters to facilitate establishment of Commission

(1) A person may be appointed to any office or other position under this Act before the establishment day.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the following appointments may be made before the establishment day--

(a) appointment as the President or as any other kind of member,

(b) appointment as a Division Head of a Commission Division that will be created on the establishment of the Commission,

(c) appointment as the Independent Review Officer,

(d) appointment as a member of the Rule Committee,

(e) appointment as a registrar (including as the principal registrar) or other member of staff of the Commission.

(3) To avoid doubt, the provisions of clauses 2-4 of Schedule 5 apply in relation to the appointment of the Independent Review Officer before the establishment day even though those provisions have not commenced.

(4) A member appointed before the establishment day may also be assigned by or under this Act to a Commission Division to be created on the establishment of the Commission.

(5) Without limiting subsections (1) and (2), the Rule Committee may be constituted before the establishment day and may before that day--

(a) meet and transact business as if the Commission (and its Divisions) had been established, and

(b) without limiting paragraph (a), make Commission rules that will come into force on or after the establishment day.

(6) Any appointment or assignment made before the establishment day has effect on and from the day specified in the instrument of appointment or assignment as the date of appointment or assignment as if the Commission (including its Divisions) had been established.

(7) Despite Division 3 of Part 2 of Schedule 1, a person holding an office to which a provision of that Division applies who is appointed as a member of the Commission before the establishment day is not entitled to be paid remuneration as a member of the Commission while the person continues to receive remuneration for the office.