(1)  Subject to subsection (5) , unless it sooner ceases to be in force, subordinate legislation made before a date specified in Column 1 below is repealed on the date specified opposite in Column 2 –

Column 1	Column 2
1 January 1954	1 January 1996
1 January 1964	1 January 1997
1 January 1967	1 January 1998
1 January 1973	1 January 1999
1 January 1977	1 January 2000
1 January 1981	1 January 2001
1 January 1984	1 January 2002
1 January 1987	1 January 2003
1 January 1991	1 January 2004
date of commencement	1 January 2005
of this Act

(2)  Unless it sooner ceases to be in force, subordinate legislation made on or after the commencement of this Act is repealed on the tenth anniversary of the date on which it was made.

(3)  For the purposes of this section, a reference to "subordinate legislation" is a reference to the subordinate legislation as amended from time to time and not to any of the amending subordinate legislation.

(4)  Where subordinate legislation is repealed by virtue of this section, any subordinate legislation which amends that subordinate legislation and any provision in subordinate legislation which is a provision that amends that subordinate legislation is also repealed.

(5)  The Governor, by order, may postpone by a period not exceeding 12 months the date on which any subordinate legislation specified in the order would otherwise be repealed under subsection (1) .

(6)  An order under subsection (5) is to be made before the date on which the subordinate legislation to which the order applies would, but for the order, be repealed under subsection (1) .