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circumstances as are specified in the instrument of appointment.
                                  "(4) The Governor-General may—
                                       (a) determine the terms and conditions of appointment, including remuneration and allowances, of a person acting in the office of First Parliamentary Counsel or in an office of Second Parliamentary Counsel; and
                                       (b) terminate such an appointment at any time.
                                  "(5) Where a person is acting in the office of First Parliamentary Counsel in accordance with paragraph (1) (b) or in an office of Second Parliamentary Counsel in accordance with paragraph (2) (b) and the office becomes vacant while that person is so acting, that person may continue so to act until the Governor-General otherwise directs or the vacancy is filled, whichever first happens.
                                  "(6) Sections 7, 8 and 14 apply in relation to a person appointed under this section to act in the office of First Parliamentary Counsel or in an office of Second Parliamentary Counsel in like manner as they apply in relation to the First Parliamentary Counsel or a Second Parliamentary Counsel, as the case may be.
                                  "(7) While a person is acting in the office of First Parliamentary Counsel, he has and may exercise all the powers, and shall perform all the functions, of the First Parliamentary Counsel under this Act or any other law.
                                  "(8) The validity of anything done (whether before or after the commencement of this section) by a person who purported to act in the office of First Parliamentary Counsel shall not be called in question on the ground that the occasion for his appointment had not arisen, that there was a defect or irregularity in or in connection with his appointment, that the appointment had ceased to have effect or that the occasion for him to act had not arisen or had ceased.".
                                  Section 16—
                                       (1) Omit from sub-sections (1), (2) and (3) "1922-1968", substitute "1922".
                                       (2) Omit from sub-section (2) "Public Service of the Commonwealth" (wherever occurring), substitute "Australian Public Service".
                                       (3) Omit from sub-section (3) "(5) and (6) of section 25" substitute "25 (5) and (6)".
  Pig Industry Research Act 1971  Paragraph 5 (2) (b)—
                                  Omit "purchased", substitute "produced".
  Pig Slaughter Levy Act 1971     Section 4—
                                       Omit the definition of "Research Committee", substitute the following definition:
                                       " 'Research Committee' means the Australian Pig Industry Research Committee constituted under the Pig Industry Research Act 1971;".

SCHEDULE 1—continued
Act                                               Amendments
  Postal Services Act 1975                        Sub-section 46a (11)—
                                                       Omit "period of service of employment", substitute "period of service or employment".
  Public Service Act 1922                         Sub-section 32a (11)—
                                                       Omit "period of service of employment", substitute "period of service or employment".
                                                  Paragraph 63 (1) (a)—
                                                       Omit "within the period of 6 months immediately preceding, or succeeding, the commencement of this section",