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Adoption Act 1955

Miscellaneous

30: Repeals and savings

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

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When a law is repealed, it means it is no longer in force. The laws listed in the Schedule 2 are repealed. You need to know that repealing a law does not affect things that were done under that law before it was repealed. If something was done under the old law, it will still be valid under the new law.

If you had started an application or a court case under the old law, the court can decide how to finish it. The court can choose to finish it under the new law or under the old law. This means that even though the old law is no longer in force, it can still be used to finish something that was started under it.

The Interpretation Act 1999 has rules about what happens when a law is repealed. These rules help make sure that things are fair and clear. They help you understand what happens to things that were done under the old law.

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30Repeals and savings

  1. The enactments specified in Schedule 2 are hereby repealed.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of any provision by this Act shall not affect any document made or any thing whatsoever done under the provision so repealed or under any corresponding former provision, and every such document or thing, so far as it is subsisting or in force at the time of the repeal and could have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.

  3. All applications, matters, and proceedings commenced under any such enactment and pending or in progress at the commencement of this Act may, at the discretion of the court, be continued and completed,—

  4. under this Act; or
    1. under the said enactments in all respects as if the said enactments continued in force and as if this Act had not been passed.

      Notes
      • Section 30(2): amended, on , pursuant to section 38(1) of the Interpretation Act 1999 (1999 No 85).