Office of Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection abolished
2 Office of Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection abolished
On the commencement day—
the office of the Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection is abolished and the person holding that office and any person acting in that office go out of office; and
all rights, property and assets that, immediately before that day, were vested in the office of the Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection are, by force of this clause, vested in the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner; and
all debts, liabilities and obligations of the office of the Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection existing immediately before that day become, by force of this clause, debts, liabilities and obligations of the Office of the Victorian Information Commissioner; and
the Information Commissioner is, by force of this clause, substituted as a party to any proceeding pending in any court or tribunal to which the Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection was a party immediately before that day; and
the Information Commissioner is, by force of this clause, substituted as a party to any arrangement or contract entered into by or on behalf of the Commissioner for Privacy and Data Protection as a party and in force immediately before that day.
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