Queensland Numbered Acts

RACING INTEGRITY ACT 2016 - SECT 269

269 Document, action, obligation, right or protection under previous provision

(1) This section applies to each of the following matters (each an
"existing matter" )—

(a) a document made or kept under a previous provision if the document continued to have effect or was in force immediately before the commencement;

(b) an action done under a previous provision if the action continued to have effect immediately before the commencement;

(c) an entity’s obligation or right to take action (including a ground for action) under a previous provision if the obligation applied to the entity, or the right to take the action existed, immediately before the commencement;

(d) an entity’s protection under a previous provision that applied to the entity immediately before the commencement;

(2) Subject to a specific provision of this Act about an existing matter in relation to a previous provision, if there is a corresponding provision for the previous provision, the document, action, obligation, right or protection that is the existing matter—

(a) continues in force or to have effect according to its terms; but

(b) is taken to have existed or been made, kept, done or applied under the corresponding provision and may be dealt with under this Act.

Example for subsection (2)—

An existing appointment of a person as a compliance or integrity officer continues to have effect according to its terms. See also section 270(3). The appointment may be terminated under this Act. Also the commission may issue a new identity card under this Act to the person.

(3) Subsection (2)(b) applies whether or not the previous provision refers to the existing matter under a previous provision generally or by reference to the previous provision.

(4) This section is subject to the Racing Act, section 493.

(5) Part 3 includes examples for this section.

Note—

The examples are examples under the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , section 14D.