Territories Legislation Amendment Act 2020 (154 of 2020)
Schedule 1 Amendments of Territory Acts
Part 1 Applied laws, delegations and other matters
Division 2 Application, saving and transitional provisions
75 Amendments relating to Christmas Island
Application of amendments
(1) Sections 8G and 8GA of the new law apply in relation to:
(a) Western Australian laws, whether in force before or after the commencement time; and
(b) applied Western Australian laws, whether in force before or after the commencement time; and
(c) powers vested in a person or authority, whether vested before or after the commencement time; and
(d) directions and delegations, whether made before or after the commencement time.
Saving of certain delegations
(2) Subject to subitem (3), a delegation made under subsection 8G(4) of the old law that was in force immediately before the commencement time continues in force, on and after that time, as if it had been made under subsection 8G(5) of the new law.
Certain directions and delegations cease to have effect
(3) A direction or delegation made under subsection 8G(3) or (4) of the old law that was in force immediately before the commencement time ceases to have effect if:
(a) at the commencement time, the Minister is taken, under subsection 8G(5B) of the new law, to have directed that a power is also vested in a person or authority; and
(b) the direction or delegation is in respect of that power.
Arrangements with Western Australia
(4) A reference in section 8G or 8H of the new law to an arrangement with Western Australia is taken, after the commencement time, to include a reference to an arrangement with Western Australia entered into under section 8H of the old law that was in force immediately before that time.
Definitions
(5) In this item:
commencement time means the time this Part commences.
new law means the Christmas Island Act 1958, as amended by Division 1 of this Part.
old law means the Christmas Island Act 1958, as in force immediately before the commencement time.