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the Royal Assent;

that notice has effect, on and after that day, as if it were a notice issued under section 203T of the Customs Act 1901, as amended by this Act.

Application of section 269HA of the Customs Act 1901

15. Section 269HA of the Customs Act 1901, as amended by this Act, applies:

    (a) in relation to any application for a tariff concession order made before the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent that has not been determined before that day; and

    (b) in relation to any application for a tariff concession order made on or after that day.

Regulations made for the purposes of subsection 269SJ(1) of the Customs Act 1901 to continue in force

16. All regulations made for the purposes of subsection 269SJ(1) of the Customs Act 1901 as in force immediately before the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent continue in force, on and after that day, as if they were made for the purposes of paragraph 269SJ(1)(b) of that Act as amended by this Act.

Transitional—Comptroller-General of Customs to become Chief Executive Officer of Customs

17.(1) The person who is the Comptroller-General of Customs immediately before the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent is taken, on and after that day, for the purposes of section 5 of the Customs Administration Act 1985, as amended by Schedule 5 of this Act, to have been appointed on that day by the Governor-General as the Chief Executive Officer of Customs for a period ending 5 years after that day.

(2) Except as expressly provided by this Act or by the Customs Administration Act 1985 as amended by Schedule 5 of this Act, the person taken to be appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of Customs under

subsection (1) holds office, until the Governor-General determines otherwise, on the same terms and conditions as he or she held office as the Comptroller-General of Customs.

Transitional—references in any law of the Commonwealth to the Comptroller-General of Customs etc.

18.(1) A reference:

    (a) in any law of the Commonwealth in force immediately before the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent; or

    (b) in any instrument made under such a law;

to the Comptroller-General of Customs, the Comptroller-General or the Comptroller is taken, on and after that day, to be a reference to the Chief Executive Officer of Customs.

(2) An act or thing done by the Comptroller-General of Customs in the exercise, or purported exercise, of a power conferred under any law of the Commonwealth in force immediately before the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent, is taken on and after that day, to be