After section 123 of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Division 7:

124.     Transitional provisions on enactment of Economic Regulator (Consequential Amendments) Act 2009

(1)  In this section –

former Act means this Act as in force immediately before the transition day;

transition day means the day on which the Economic Regulator Act 2009 commences.

(2)  If a person was appointed by the Regulator or its delegate as an authorised officer under the former Act and, immediately before the transition day, holds that office –

(a) that person is taken to have been appointed as an authorised officer by the workplace health and safety Secretary for the same term and on the same conditions; and

(b) an identity card issued to the authorised officer is taken to have been issued by the workplace health and safety Secretary; and

(c) a reference in an identity card to the Regulator is taken to be to the workplace health and safety Secretary.