Human Rights Act 1993

Miscellaneous provisions - Proceedings Commissioner

148G: Proceedings Commissioner

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"Who is the Director of Human Rights Proceedings?"

You are taken to have been appointed to the office of Director of Human Rights Proceedings if you were the Proceedings Commissioner before this section started. You get this new role under section 20A, which was changed by section 5 of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001. You will be the Director of Human Rights Proceedings for the rest of the term you were appointed for, with the same terms and conditions as before.

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Part 7Miscellaneous provisions
Proceedings Commissioner

148GProceedings Commissioner

The person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, held office as the Proceedings Commissioner under section 7(1)(d) (as it read immediately before the commencement of this section) is taken to have been appointed to the office of Director of Human Rights Proceedings under section 20A (as substituted by section 5 of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001).
The Director of Human Rights Proceedings is appointed on the same terms and conditions and for the remainder of the term for which he or she was appointed Proceedings Commissioner.

Notes

Section 148G: inserted, on 1 January 2002, by section 40 of the Human Rights Amendment Act 2001 (2001 No 96).