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PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEES ACT 2003 - SECT 71

Transitional provisions

    (1)     Despite the amendment of this Act by the Amendment Act—

        (a)     the successor committee is taken to be the same body as the former committee; and

        (b)     except as expressly provided in this section, all persons, things and circumstances appointed or created by or under this Act or existing or continuing under this Act immediately before the commencement date continue under and subject to this Act to have the same status, operation and effect as they respectively would have had if this Act had not been amended by the Amendment Act.

    (2)     On the commencement date—

        (a)     a person who is a member of a former committee ceases to be a member of the former committee and does not become a member of the successor committee unless the person has been appointed to be a member of the successor committee; and

        (b)     a sub-committee of a former committee ceases to exist.

    (3)     Despite subsection (1), the following cease to have any effect on the commencement date—

        (a)     a resolution by a former committee to use an audio or audio visual link under section 25(5);

        (b)     an invitation to a member of the Council or the Assembly or to a member of the public under section 26(1) to be present at a meeting of a former committee;

        (c)     a requirement under section 28(1) by a former committee to attend or produce a document or thing;

        (d)     the empowerment of a specified member or members of a former committee under section 28(5).

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