Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2014C00390:section:44
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2014C00390
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 44
Character Range: 47548–48710

44  Saving—Judiciary Act 1903
 (1) Section 55E of the Judiciary Act 1903 continues to apply in relation to:
 (a) any proceedings to which the Snowy Hydro Company is a party that were started before the corporatisation date; and
 (b) any matter that an authorised person, by writing, certifies to be a matter in relation to which the Snowy Mountains Hydro‑electric Authority gave written instructions before the corporatisation date to the Australian Government Solicitor; and
 (c) any matter that an authorised person, by writing, certifies to be a matter involving a claim against the Company in respect of which the Commonwealth agreed to indemnify the Authority or has agreed to indemnify the Company;
as if the Company were a body established by an Act.
 (2) A document purporting to be a certificate under subsection (1) is, unless the contrary is established, taken to be such a certificate.
 (3) In this section:
authorised person means:
 (a) the Secretary of the Attorney‑General's Department; or
 (b) a person holding or performing the duties of a Senior Executive Service office, within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1922, in that Department.