(1) An application under section 13 that was pending immediately before the commencement of section 4 of the amending Act is taken, on and after that commencement, to be an application to the Wage Inspectorate Victoria under section 13 as amended by the amending Act.
(2) An application under section 13A that was pending immediately before the commencement of section 5 of the amending Act is taken, on and after that commencement, to be an application to the Wage Inspectorate Victoria under section 13A as amended by the amending Act.
(3) In determining an application referred to in subsection (1) or (2), the Wage Inspectorate Victoria may have regard to any investigations and inquiries carried out by the Secretary under section 14 in relation to the application before the commencement of section 6 of the amending Act.
(4) A permit granted under section 16 that was in force immediately before the commencement of section 7 of the amending Act remains in force on and after that commencement as if it had been granted by the Wage Inspectorate Victoria under section 16 as amended by the amending Act.
(5) A permit granted under section 16A that was in force immediately before the commencement of section 8 of the amending Act remains in force on and after that commencement as if it had been granted by the Wage Inspectorate Victoria under section 16A as amended by the amending Act.
(6) Any conditions to which a permit referred to in subsection (4) or (5) was subject immediately before the commencement of section 9 of the amending Act remain in force on and after that commencement as if they had been determined by the Wage Inspectorate Victoria under section 17 as amended by the amending Act.
(7) The approval of a form under section 18B(3)(a) that was in force immediately before the commencement of section 12 of the amending Act remains in force on and after that commencement until a form is approved by the Wage Inspectorate Victoria under that section as amended by the amending Act.
(8) If an employer provided a copy of an exemption to the Secretary under section 18B(5)(b) before the commencement of section 12 of the amending Act, the copy is taken, on and after that commencement, to have been provided to the Wage Inspectorate Victoria.
(9) A person who was a child employment officer immediately before the commencement of section 17 of the amending Act remains a child employment officer on and after that commencement as if the person had been appointed by the Wage Inspectorate Victoria under section 38 as amended by the amending Act.
(10) Any directions in force under section 38(2) immediately before the commencement of section 17 of the amending Act remain in force on and after that commencement as if they were directions issued by the Wage Inspectorate Victoria under section 38(2) as amended by the amending Act.
(11) An identity card issued to a child employment officer under section 39 that was in force immediately before the commencement of section 18 of the amending Act remains in force on and after that commencement as if it had been issued by the Wage Inspectorate Victoria under section 39 as amended by the amending Act.
(12) A written authority that was in force under section 46(2)(d) immediately before the commencement of section 19 of the amending Act remains in force on and after that commencement in accordance with its tenor as if it had been given by the Wage Inspectorate Victoria under section 46(2)(d) as amended by the amending Act.
(13) An authorisation by the Secretary that was in force under section 49A(1) immediately before the commencement of section 20 of the amending Act remains in force on and after that commencement as if it had been given by the Wage Inspectorate Victoria under section 49A(1) as amended by the amending Act.
(14) A delegation by the Secretary under section 52 that was in force immediately before the commencement of section 22 of the amending Act remains in force on and after that commencement as if it were a delegation by the Wage Inspectorate Victoria under section 52 as amended by the amending Act.
(15) In this section —
"amending Act" means the Industrial Relations Legislation Amendment Act 2021 .
Pt 6 Div. 3 (Heading and ss 57– 63) inserted by No. 27/2022 s. 79.
Division 3—Child Employment Amendment Act 2022
S. 57 inserted by No. 27/2022 s. 79.