References to Commonwealth officers etc in transferred contracts
6 References to Commonwealth officers etc in transferred contracts
Where in a transferred contract there is a reference to an officer of the Commonwealth, or to an officer of an authority or other body of the Commonwealth, being a reference to such an officer otherwise than as representing the Commonwealth as a party to the contract, the reference shall be read as a reference to the person who is, for the time being, holding, or exercising the powers and functions of, the corresponding office, if any, of the Territory or of an authority or body of the Territory.
Where in a transferred contract there is a reference to an authority or other body of the Commonwealth otherwise than as representing the Commonwealth as a party, the reference shall be read as a reference to the corresponding authority or body, if any, of the Territory.
Where there is no such office, authority or other body corresponding to the reference in the transferred contract, the reference shall be read as a reference to such office, authority or body of the Territory as the Administrator, by instrument in writing, directs.
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