Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00112:clause:1_17
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2012A00112
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 17
Character Range: 21849–23645

17  Application and transitional
(1) The amendments made by items 7, 12 and 14 apply in relation to appointments made after the commencement of those items.
(2) Subject to subitem (3), the amendment made by item 8 applies in relation to appointments made before, on or after the commencement of that item (including because of subitem (4)).
(3) For the person holding the position of Chairperson under the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 immediately before the commencement of this item, any period occurring before that commencement for which both of the following applied:
 (a) the person held an office referred to in paragraph 12(1)(c) of that Act;
 (b) the person was not the Chairperson under that Act;
is to be disregarded for the purposes of subsection 12(2A) of that Act (as inserted by this Act).
(4) The person holding the position of Chairperson under the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 immediately before the commencement of this item is taken, on the commencement of this item, to have been appointed by the Governor‑General under section 12 of that Act as the Director referred to in paragraph 12(1)(b) of that Act:
 (a) for the balance of the person's term of appointment that remained immediately before the commencement of this item; and
 (b) on the same terms and conditions as applied to the person immediately before the commencement of this item.
(5) Subitem (4) does not prevent those terms and conditions being varied after the commencement of this item.
(6) The amendments made by this Schedule do not affect the validity of an appointment of a person as a Director referred to in paragraph 12(1)(c) of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983 that was made before the commencement of this item.

Special Broadcasting Service Act 1991