WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 589
Authorised actions and documents etc. under previous provision
WATER SUPPLY (SAFETY AND RELIABILITY) ACT 2008 - SECT 589
Authorised actions and documents etc. under previous provision
589 Authorised actions and documents etc. under previous provision
(1) This section applies to the following—
(a) an authorised action or
document done, made or kept under a previous provision if the authorised
action or document continued to have effect or was in force immediately before
the commencement;
(b) an entity’s obligation under a previous provision if
the obligation applied to the entity immediately before the commencement;
(c)
a protection under a previous provision that applied to an entity immediately
before the commencement.
(2) Subject to a specific provision of this Act in
relation to an authorised action or document, or obligation or protection
under a previous provision, if there is a corresponding provision for the
previous provision, the authorised action or document, or the obligation or
protection—
(a) continues in force or to have effect according to its terms;
and
(b) may be taken to have been done, made, kept or applied under the
corresponding provision.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a statutory
instrument that is, immediately before the commencement, subordinate
legislation.
(4) However subsection (2) (b) applies whether or not the
previous provision refers to the action or document, or obligation or
protection by reference to a provision of the Water Act.
(5) Other provisions
of this part include examples for this section.