Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00441:clause:5_16
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2008C00441
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 5 cl 16
Character Range: 213218–213881

16  Saving of appointments

(1) This item applies if:
 (a) a court made an order under section 68L of the old Act for separate representation of a child; and
 (b) immediately before commencement, the proceedings in which the order was made have not been concluded.

(2) The person who was appointed as the child's representative under section 68L of the old Act is taken to be appointed as the independent children's lawyer under section 68L of the new Act.

(3) The order under section 68L of the old Act for separate representation of the child is taken to be an order under section 68L of the new Act for independent representation of the child's interests.