Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The Department of the Senate and the Department of the House of Representatives that were in existence immediately before the commencing time continue in existence as the Departments referred to in paragraphs 54(1)(a) and (b), respectively.
(2) The Department of the Parliamentary Library, the Department of the Parliamentary Reporting Staff and the Joint House Department that were in existence immediately before the commencing time continue in existence as Departments of the Parliament and are taken to have been established under subsection 54(2).