(1) The regulations may contain provisions
of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of the
following Acts--
this Act
(2) Any such provision may, if the regulations so
provide, take effect from the date of assent to the Act concerned or a later
date.
(3) To the extent to which any such provision takes effect from a date
that is earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette, the provision
does not operate so as--
(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person
(other than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person
existing before the date of its publication, or
(b) to impose liabilities on
any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of
anything done or omitted to be done before the date of its publication.
