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10  Transitional

(1) This item applies where:
 (a) a person was convicted of a prescribed offence before the commencement of Part 1 of this Schedule; and
 (b) the person was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for the offence; and
 (c) the sentence was suspended for a period; and
 (d) the person holds an office in an organisation when Part 1 of this Schedule commences.

(2) Despite subsection 215(2) of Schedule 1B to the Principal Act:
 (a) the person does not cease to hold the office until the end of the period of 28 days after the commencement of Part 1 of this Schedule; and
 (b) nothing done by the person before the commencement of that Part in fulfilment of that office is affected by the amendments made by that Part.

(3) Despite subsection 217(1) of Schedule 1B to the Principal Act, the person may, subject to subsection 217(4) of that Schedule, within 28 days after the commencement of Part 1 of this Schedule, apply to the Federal Court under section 217 of that Schedule for leave to hold office in organisations.