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18  Transitional and application provisions for Councillors
(1) The amendments of section 12 of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989 made by this Schedule do not affect the continuity in office, on and after commencement of this Schedule, of Councillors who held office immediately before that commencement.
(2) Paragraphs 12(1)(a) and (b) of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989, as included by this Schedule, apply to elections for Councillors to hold office after the end of the terms of office of all the elected Councillors who held office immediately before the commencement of this Schedule.
(3) Paragraph 12(1)(c) and subsection 12(1A) of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989, as included by this Schedule, apply in relation to the making of appointments on or after the commencement of this Schedule.
(4) Subsection 12(1B) of the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Act 1989, as included by this Schedule, applies to elections and appointments for terms that start on or after the commencement of this Schedule, whether the earlier terms mentioned in that subsection occurred wholly or partly before or after that commencement.