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Local Government Act 2002

Consequential amendments, repeals, revocations, transitional provisions, and savings - Savings

309: Saving

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“Old rules still count when the law changes”

When a part of the law is removed by this Act, it doesn’t mean that everything done under that old law becomes invalid. Any documents made or actions taken under the old law will still be valid. These documents and actions will continue to work as if they were made under the new Act, as long as they could have been made under the new Act too.

This rule doesn’t limit what the Interpretation Act 1999 says. The Interpretation Act 1999 might have other rules about how to understand changes in the law.

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308: Existing causes of action, or

“Court cases started before the new law can still go ahead”

310: Saving in respect of bylaws of Transit New Zealand, or

“Road rules made by Transit New Zealand still apply and new ones can be made”

Part 12 Consequential amendments, repeals, revocations, transitional provisions, and savings
Savings

309Saving

The repeal of any provision by this Act does not affect any document made or any thing whatsoever done under the provision so repealed or under any corresponding former provision, and every such document or thing, so far as it is subsisting or in force at the time of the repeal and could have been made or done under this Act, is to continue and have effect as if it had been made or done under the corresponding provision of this Act and as if that provision had been in force when the document was made or the thing was done.
Subsection (1) does not limit the provisions of the Interpretation Act 1999.