Wildlife Act 1953

General provisions - Miscellaneous

73: Repeals, savings, and consequential amendments

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When some laws are repealed, it means they are no longer valid. The laws listed in Schedule 10 are repealed. You might wonder what happens to things that were done under the old laws. The Interpretation Act 1999 says that anything done under the old laws will still be valid under the new laws.

If something was started under the old laws but not finished, you can still finish it under the new laws. This means that even though the old laws are repealed, things that were already happening can still be completed. Some warrants under old laws will be revoked when this new law starts.

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Part 5General provisions
Miscellaneous

73Repeals, savings, and consequential amendments

  1. The enactments specified in Schedule 10 are hereby repealed.

  2. Without limiting the provisions of the Interpretation Act 1999, it is hereby declared that the repeal of any provision by this Act shall not affect any document made or any thing whatsoever done under the provision so repealed or under any corresponding former provision, and every such document or thing, so far as it is subsisting or in force at the time of the repeal and could have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, shall 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: provided that all warrants under section 3 or section 4 of the Animals Protection and Game Act 1921–22 shall be deemed to be revoked as from the commencement of this Act.

  3. Repealed
  4. All matters and proceedings that have been commenced under any enactment hereby repealed, and are pending or in progress at the commencement of this Act, may be continued, completed, and enforced as if this Act had not been passed.

  5. Repealed
  6. Repealed
Notes
  • Section 73(1): amended, on , by section 2(2)(d) of the Wildlife Amendment Act 1983 (1983 No 48).
  • Section 73(2): amended, on , pursuant to section 38(1) of the Interpretation Act 1999 (1999 No 85).
  • Section 73(3): repealed, on , by section 87 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).
  • Section 73(5): repealed, on , by section 107(1) of the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 (1953 No 69).
  • Section 73(6): repealed, on , by section 107(1) of the Reserves and Domains Act 1953 (1953 No 69).