Office of Privacy Commissioner abolished
5 Office of Privacy Commissioner abolished
On the commencement day—
the office of the Privacy Commissioner 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 Privacy Commissioner are, by force of this section, vested in the office of the Commissioner; and
all debts, liabilities and obligations of the office of the Privacy Commissioner existing immediately before that day become, by force of this section, debts, liabilities and obligations of the office of the new Commissioner; and
the Commissioner is, by force of this section, substituted as a party to any proceeding pending in any court or tribunal to which the Privacy Commissioner was a party immediately before that day; and
the Commissioner is, by force of this section, substituted as a party to any arrangement or contract entered into by or on behalf of the Privacy Commissioner as a party and in force immediately before that day.
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