Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Property Law Act 1958 - SECT 2

Repeals and savings

2. Repeals and savings



(1) The Acts mentioned in the First Schedule to the extent thereby expressed
to be repealed are hereby repealed accordingly.

(2) Except as in this Act expressly or by necessary implication provided-

   (a)  all persons things and circumstances appointed or created by or under
        the repealed Acts or existing or continuing under any of such Acts
        immediately before the commencement of this Act shall under and
        subject to this Act continue to have the same status operation and
        effect as they respectively would have had if such Acts had not been
        so repealed;

   (b)  in particular and without affecting the generality of the foregoing
        paragraph such repeal shall not disturb the continuity of status
        operation or effect of any dealing transaction title rule regulation
        order instrument deposit registration delegation acknowledgment
        undertaking release covenant proceeding direction trust licence
        application appointment declaration consent certificate contract
        agreement notice liability privilege power or right made effected
        issued granted given presented passed fixed incurred accrued or
        acquired or existing or continuing by or under any of such Acts before
        the commencement of this Act.

(3) Where in any provision of this Act the expression "after the commencement
of this Act" (otherwise than in the expression "before or after the
commencement of this Act") occurs and the same expression occurs in the
corresponding provision of the Property Law Act 1928 the said expression shall
(where the circumstances are applicable) be construed so as to include a
reference to the commencement of the Property Law Act 19281.