Australian Trade Commission (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1985

(1) Any act or thing done by or to, or any decision made by, the Grants Board under the Export Market Development Grants Act 1974 as in force at any time before the commencing day shall have effect, on and after that day, for the purpose of that Act as amended and in force from time to time, as if it were an act or thing done by or to, or a decision made by, the Commission.

(2) Without limiting, by implication, the generality of sub-section (1), where a claim for a grant had been submitted to the Grants Board under the Export Market Development Grants Act 1974 as in force at any time before the commencing day but the Grants Board had not determined that claim before that day, that claim may be dealt with under that Act as amended and in force on and after that day by the Commission as if it had been duly submitted to the Commission.

(3) Without limiting, by implication, the generality of sub-section (1), where an application for reconsideration of a decision of the Grants Board had been lodged with the Grants Board under the Export Market Development Grants Act 1974 as in force at any time before the commencing day but the Grants Board had not completed its reconsideration of the decision specified in the application before that day, that decision may be reconsidered by the Commission under that Act as amended and in force on and after that day as if it were the decision of the Commission.

(4) If the Grants Board is a party to any proceedings that had been instituted, but not determined, before the commencing day, the Commission shall, with effect from that day, be substituted for the Grants Board as a party to those proceedings.

(5) Any reference in regulations in force under the Principal Act immediately before the commencing day to the Export Development Grants Board shall be construed, on and after that day, as a reference to the Commission.

PART VII—AMENDMENTS OF TRADE COMMISSIONERS ACT 1933

Principal Act