Continuation of appointment of existing small business commissioner
42 Continuation of appointment of existing small business commissioner
This section applies if, on the commencement, a person has not been appointed as commissioner under part 2, division 2.
On the commencement, the person appointed as small business commissioner under the repealed COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020, part 6 immediately before the commencement is taken to have been appointed as commissioner under part 2, division 2.
Subject to subsections (4) and (5), the person is to be paid the remuneration and allowances, and is appointed on the same conditions, that applied in relation to the person’s appointment immediately before the repeal of the repealed COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020, part 6.
The person’s appointment as commissioner under this section ends at the start of the term of the commissioner first appointed under this Act after the commencement.
Also, the person’s appointment as commissioner under this section, and the term the person has held office since the person’s appointment under the repealed COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020, part 6 is to be considered for applying section 10(2).
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