Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), a proceeding that—
(a) has been started in the Court; and
(b) has not been completed;
before the proclaimed day may be completed by the Court as if this Act had not been enacted, and for this purpose the Court's jurisdiction conferred by the repealed Act is preserved.
(2) A proceeding to which subsection (1) applies may, with the applicant's consent, be finished by the chief executive as if the chief executive were the Court.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a proceeding whose completion requires only that the Court approve of compliance with conditions ordered by the Court to be fulfilled before a licence or permit is to be issued to a particular applicant.
(4) If, in a proceeding to which subsection (1) applies, a decision or an order is to be made for issue of a licence or permit, the decision or order must be for the issue of a licence under this Act that corresponds to a licence or permit applied for in the proceeding.
(5) A proceeding mentioned in subsection (3) may be continued before the chief executive, who may grant or withhold approval as if the chief executive were the Court.
(6) A proceeding continued before the chief executive is subject to part 2, division 3.
(7) This section stops applying on 30 June 2003.