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Act 1986;
     "former Commission" means the Human Rights Commission established by the repealed Act;
     "former Commissioner" means the Commissioner for Community Relations who held office under the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 immediately before the commencement time;
     "repealed Act" means the Human Rights Commission Act 1981.

PART II—REPEAL OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ACT 1981

Repeal
4. The Human Rights Commission Act 1981 is repealed.

Operation of Commission Act, &c.
5. (1) A reference in the Commission Act to a complaint to the Commission shall be read as including a reference to a complaint made, before the commencement time, to the former Commission, being a complaint that had not been finally dealt with before the commencement time.
(2) Subject to sub-section (3), a reference in the Commission Act, or in any other enactment, to an act or thing done by or to, or an instrument made by or given to, the Commission, a member of the Commission, or a Minister, under a provision of the Commission Act shall be read as including a reference to an act or thing done by or to, or an instrument made by or given to, the former Commission, a member of the former Commission, or a Minister, as the case may be, before the commencement time, under the corresponding provision of the repealed Act.
(3) Sub-section (2) does not apply in relation to a reference to—
     (a) a declaration made by the Minister under section 18 of the Commission Act; or
     (b) a declaration made by the Minister under section 47 of the Commission Act.
(4) Where, before the commencement time, the former Commission had commenced to perform, in relation to a particular matter, a function conferred on the former Commission by the repealed Act, but had not completed the performance of that function—

     (a) the Commission may continue and complete the performance of that function in relation to that matter as if the Commission Act had been in force at the time when the former Commission commenced to perform the function; and
     (b) for the purposes of the performance of that function under paragraph (a), references in the Commission Act to a matter under examination or inquiry shall be read as including references to a matter under examination or inquiry by the Commission pursuant to that paragraph.
(5) Where, before the commencement time, a person had commenced to inquire into an act or practice, or to investigate a particular aspect of an act or practice, pursuant to a resolution by the former Commission under sub-section 13 (1) of the repealed Act but had not completed the inquiry or investigation, the person may, after the commencement time, continue and complete the inquiry or investigation as