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Law to be applied in appeals

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Part IISavings and transitional provisions
Division 4General provisions

21 Law to be applied in appeals

(1)

Where, under this Act:

(a)

an appeal instituted before the commencement may be continued and completed after the commencement; or

(b)

an appeal may be instituted after the commencement against a decision made or judgment given:

(i)

before the commencement; or

(ii)

after the commencement in proceedings instituted before the commencement;

the law that is to be applied for the purposes of the appeal is the same as the law that would be applied, under this Act, in a relevant original proceeding that started before the commencement and was continued after the commencement.

(2)

In this section, relevant original proceeding, in relation to an appeal, means a proceeding of the kind in which the decision or judgment appealed against was made.

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