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'(1) To remove any doubt, it is declared that an appointment of an associate to a judge that is in force under section 36 immediately before the section is replaced by a new section 36 under the Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010, section 32 (Replacement of s 36), is taken, from the replacement, to continue in force as if it had been made by the Chief Judge under the new section 36.
'(2) This section does not limit the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 20B.'.