Transitional matters for Solicitor‑General Amendment Act 2006
14 Transitional matters for Solicitor‑General Amendment Act 2006
In this section —
amended Act means this Act as amended by the Solicitor‑General Amendment Act 2006;
current Solicitor‑General means the Solicitor‑General holding office immediately before 18 July 2006;
former Act means this Act as in force immediately before 18 July 2006.
This section applies if the current Solicitor‑General is appointed under section 3(1) of the amended Act and section 25 of the Interpretation Act 1984.
Despite section 2 of the Solicitor‑General Amendment Act 2006, that Act is taken to have come into operation on 18 July 2006 immediately after the retirement of the current Solicitor‑General.
Sections 4, 4A and 10 of the amended Act do not apply in relation to the current Solicitor‑General in respect of any period for which he has held or holds office whenever occurring.
Sections 4, 10, 11 and 12 of the former Act continue to apply in relation to the current Solicitor‑General in respect of all periods for which he has held or holds office whenever occurring as if the aggregate of those periods were one continuous period of service.
The retirement of the current Solicitor‑General referred to in subsection (3) is not retirement for the purposes of section 11 of the former Act.
[Section 14 inserted: No. 29 of 2006 s. 11.]
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