Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) For the interim period—
(a) the existing members continue in office and are taken to have been appointed as members under this Act; and
(b) the existing president continues in office and is taken to have been appointed as chairperson under this Act.
(2) Despite sections 12 and 21, if a casual vacancy occurs in the office of the chairperson or a member during the interim period, the Minister may appoint another person to fill the vacancy for the remainder of the period.
(3) Subject to section 15(3), at the end of the interim period, the existing president and existing members go out of office.
(4) In this section—
existing members means the members of the old board holding office immediately before 1 August 2004.
existing president means the person holding office as president of the old board immediately before 1 August 2004.
interim period means the period from 1 August 2004 until—
(a) 1 February 2005; or
(b) the members of the board are sooner appointed under section 12.
old board means the Surveyors Board of Queensland constituted under the repealed Act and in existence immediately before 1 August 2004.