(1) This section applies to an examination of accounts under the Queensland Law Society Act 1952, section 31, if--
(a) before the commencement of this section, a person (the accountant) was appointed under that section to examine an entity's accounts; and
(b) on the commencement, the accountant has not completed the examination or has not given to the council a report under that section.
(2) On the commencement--
(a) the examination of the entity's accounts is taken to be a trust account investigation; and
(b) the accountant is taken to be an investigator under this Act for the purposes of the investigation.