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to be diminished while the person holds that office.".

PART 3—AMENDMENTS OF THE A.C.T. SELF-GOVERNMENT (CONSEQUENTIAL PROVISIONS) ACT 1988

Principal Act

10. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the A.C.T. Self-Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 19882.

Title

11.     The title of the Principal Act is amended by inserting "and certain amendments made to that Act" after "1988".

12.     After section 29 of the Principal Act the following sections are inserted:

  Judicial officers of the Supreme Court of the A.C.T.—savings

  "29A.(1) If a person held office as:

  (a)     Chief Justice; or

  (b)     Judge; or

  (c)     additional Judge; or

  (d)     Master;

of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory immediately before 1 July 1992, the person continues to hold that office on and after that day as if he or she had been appointed under the Supreme Court Act 1933 of the Territory.

  "(2) If a person:

     (a)     held office as Chief Justice or as a Judge (other than an additional Judge) of the Supreme Court immediately before 1 July 1992; and

   (b)     continues to hold office on and after that day;

the person is to hold that office on terms and conditions (being terms and conditions determined under section 73 of the Self-Government Act or under any enactment) that are not less favourable than those applicable to a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia.

"(3) For the purpose of determining the seniority or precedence of a Judge to whom subsection (2) applies under any enactment, the date on which that Judge's commission took effect is to be taken to be the date on which that Judge's commission took effect under the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Act 1933 as in force before 1 July 1992.

Proceedings in the Supreme Court etc.—savings

"29B. The enactment of the A.C.T. Supreme Court (Transfer) Act 1992 does not affect:

     (a)     the continuance on or after 1 July 1992 of proceedings pending in the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory immediately before that day; or

     (b)     the operation or enforcement of a judgment or order entered or made before that day.".

PART 4—OTHER AMENDMENTS ETC.

Amendments of the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Act 1933

13. The Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Act 1933 is amended as set out in Schedule 1.

Renumbering of the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Act 1933

  14.(1) In this section:

"amended Act" means the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court Act 1933 as amended by section 13.

  (2)    The amended Act is further amended as provided by this section.

(3)    The sections of the amended Act are renumbered in a single series so that they bear consecutive Arabic numerals.

(4)    Any provision of the amended Act that refers to