Saving of existing appointments
3 Saving of existing appointments
Any person who, immediately before the commencement of this subclause, was a Public Defender under the former Act (including both the Senior Public Defender and the Deputy Senior Public Defender) is taken to have been appointed under this Act as a Public Defender on the same conditions as to remuneration and allowances (subject to subclauses (2) and (3)) as those on which the person held office as Public Defender immediately before that commencement.
The person who, immediately before the commencement of this subclause, was the Senior Public Defender (Martin Langford SIDES, Q.C.) is taken to have been appointed under this Act, for a period of 7 years beginning on the commencement of this subclause, as the Senior Public Defender on the same conditions as to remuneration and allowances as those on which the person held office as Senior Public Defender immediately before that commencement.
The person who, immediately before the commencement of this subclause, was the Deputy Senior Public Defender (Michael Anthony GREEN, Q.C.) is taken to have been appointed under this Act, for a period of 5 years beginning on the commencement of this subclause, as a Deputy Senior Public Defender on the same conditions as to remuneration and allowances as those on which the person held office as Deputy Senior Public Defender immediately before that commencement.
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