(1) This section
applies if —
(a)
before transition day —
(i)
a person’s (the relevant person ) name is on a list
of 3 persons eligible for appointment submitted to the Premier by the
nominating committee under section 9(3a)(a) of the former Act (including as
applied by section 14(2a) of the former Act); and
(ii)
the Governor did not appoint the relevant person under
section 9(3) or 14(1) of the former Act;
and
(b) it
is not more than 12 months since the day on which the nominating committee
submitted the list to the Premier.
(2) Sections 9(3),
(3a) and (4) and 14(2a) of the former Act (as the case may require) continue
to apply in relation to the appointment of the relevant person as if the
amendments made by sections 5(3), 6 and 12(2) of the amending Act had not been
made.
[Section 231 inserted: No. 5 of 2024 s. 25.]