After section 6.1.40 of the Principal Act insert —
(1) On and from the commencement day the Council is taken to be the same body as it was before that commencement despite the changes made to its constitution by Part 3 of the amending Act and no decision, matter or thing is affected by those changes.
(2) On the commencement day the members of the Council appointed under section 2.6.6(3)(a) in office immediately before that day go out of office.
(3) In this section—
"amending Act" means the Education and Training Reform Amendment (Victorian Institute of Teaching) Act 2016 ;
"commencement day" means the day on which Part 3 of the amending Act comes
into operation.".
Part 4—Repeal of amending Act