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ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 - SECT 20A Repeal does not end saving, transitional or validating effect etc.

ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 - SECT 20A

Repeal does not end saving, transitional or validating effect etc.

20A Repeal does not end saving, transitional or validating effect etc.

(1) In this section—


"Act" includes a provision of an Act.


"repeal" includes expiry.
(2) If an Act—
(a) declares a thing for a saving or transitional purpose (whether or not the Act is expressed to be made for a purpose of that type); or
(b) validates a thing that may otherwise be invalid; or
(c) declares a thing for a purpose that is consequential on a declaration mentioned in paragraph (a) or a validation mentioned in paragraph (b) (whether or not the Act is expressed to be made for a purpose of that type);
the declaratory or validating effect of the Act does not end merely because of the repeal of the Act .
Example of paragraph (a)—
a provision stating that an existing licence under a repealed law is taken to be a licence of a particular kind under another law and authorising the imposition of conditions under the other law
Example of paragraph (b)—
a provision declaring an instrument to have been validly made and acts done in reliance on the instrument to have been validly done
Examples of paragraph (c)—
1 a provision stating that a matter that is declared valid is not justiciable
2 a provision stating that an instrument that is declared valid is taken to have been amended in a particular way
(3) If an Act (the
"savings law" ) declares an Act (the
"declared law" ) to be a law to which this section applies—
(a) the effect of the declared law does not end merely because of its repeal; and
(b) the effect of the savings law does not end merely because of its repeal.
(4) A declaration may be made for subsection (3) about an Act whether or not the Act is a law to which subsection (2) applies.
(5) A declaration made for subsection (3) about an Act does not imply that, in the absence of a declaration about it, another Act is not a law to which this section applies.
(6) This section is in addition to, and does not limit, sections 19 and 20 , or any provision of the law by which the repeal is made.