LAW REFORM ACT 1995 - SECT 2
Act is, in part, a consolidation
LAW REFORM ACT 1995 - SECT 2
Act is, in part, a consolidation
2 Act is, in part, a consolidation
(1) This Act, as in force at the commencement of this section, is, in part, a
consolidation of provisions of the Law Reform (Abolition of the Rule of Common
Employment) Act 1951 (the
"existing provisions" ) and provisions relocated from the following Acts (the
"relocated provisions" )—
• Law Reform (Tortfeasors Contribution,
Contributory Negligence, and Division of Chattels) Act 1952
• Law Reform
(Husband and Wife) Act 1968
• Voluntary Aid in Emergency Act 1973 .
(2)
The Act is also a consolidation of provisions of the law about the age of
majority and the legal capacity of persons whose relationship is husband and
wife.
(3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the relocated provisions
were not re-enacted by the Statute Law Revision Act (No. 2) 1995 , but merely
moved (without re-enactment) from the Act s in which they were enacted to this
Act.
(4) Without limiting subsections (1) and (3) and to further remove any
doubt, it is also declared that the relocation to this Act of the relocated
provisions did not impliedly repeal or amend, or otherwise affect the
operation of, the existing provisions, the relocated provisions or the
provisions of any other law and, in particular, did not affect the meaning or
effect that the existing or relocated provisions, or the provisions of the
other law, had because of the respective times when they were enacted.
(5) In
addition, it is declared that the relocation did not—
(a) affect any
jurisdiction or power of a court or judge; or
(b) affect any principle or
rule of law or equity; or
