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amended by this Act to institute any proceeding in the Court extends to the institution of a proceeding in respect of conduct engaged in before the commencement of this Act.
(5) Section 167 of the Principal Act as amended by this Act applies in relation to the official signature of a person who has held the office of Chairman, Deputy Chairman or member of the Commission that was established by the Principal Act and in relation to the official seal of that Commission in like manner as it applies in relation to the official signature of a person who holds the office of Chairman, Deputy Chairman or member of the Trade Practices Commission established by the Principal Act as amended by this Act and in relation to the official seal of that last-mentioned Commission, respectively.
(6) The Trade Practices Commission established by the Principal Act as amended by this Act shall, not later than 31 August 1977, furnish to the Minister, for presentation to the Parliament, a report with respect to the operations in the year ending on 30 June 1977 of the Trade Practices Commission established by the Principal Act.

Terms and conditions of appointment.
9. Section 8 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from sub-section (2) the words "the Chairman or as a full-time member" (where-ever occurring) and substituting the words "a member".
10. After section 8 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted: —

Associate members.
"8a. (1) The Minister may appoint persons to be associate members of the Commission.
"(2) An associate member of the Commission shall be appointed for such period not exceeding 5 years as is specified in the instrument of his appointment, but is eligible for re-appointment.
"(3) Subject to this Part, an associate member of the Commission holds office on such terms and conditions as the Minister determines.
"(4) The Chairman may, by writing signed by him, direct that, for the purposes of the exercise of the powers of the Commission under this Act in relation to a specified matter, not being an exercise of those powers by a Division of the Commission, a specified associate member of the Commission or specified associate members of the Commission shall be deemed to be a member or members of the Commission and, in that case, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference in this Act to a member of the Commission shall, for the purposes only of the exercise of the powers of the Commission in relation to that matter, be construed as including a reference to that associate member of the Commission or each of those associate members of the Commission, as the case may be.
"(5) Associate members