Housing Act 1955

Accounts and miscellaneous - Miscellaneous

42: Repeals and savings

You could also call this:

"What happens when old laws are replaced with new ones"

You will find that some laws are being repealed. The laws being repealed are listed in Schedule 2. When a law is repealed, it means it is no longer in force. You might wonder what happens to things that were done under the old laws. The Acts Interpretation Act 1924 has provisions that cover this situation. If something was done under an old law, it will still be valid after the law is repealed. If a document was made or something was done under the old law, it will continue to have effect. This means it will be treated as if it was made or done under the new law. The new law will apply to it, even if it was made or done before the new law came into force.

This text is automatically generated. It might be out of date or be missing some parts. Find out more about how we do this.

View the original legislation for this page at https://legislation.govt.nz/act/public/1986/0120/latest/link.aspx?id=DLM291360.

This page was last updated on 14 December 2025 — View changes

Topics:

Government and voting > Government departmentsCrime and justice > Courts and legal help

41: Consequential amendments, or

"Changes to other laws because of the Housing Act 1955"

Schedule 1: Amendments consequential on abolition of Housing Account, or

"Changes to other laws because the Housing Account is no longer used"

Part 2Accounts and miscellaneous
Miscellaneous

42Repeals and savings

The enactments specified in Schedule 2 are hereby repealed.
Without limiting the provisions of the Acts Interpretation Act 1924, 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of any provision by this Act shall not affect any document made or any thing whatsoever done under the provision so repealed or under any corresponding former provision, and every such document or thing, so far as it is subsisting or in force at the time of the repeal and could have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.