When you look at the Impounding Act 1955, you will see that some old laws are being repealed. The laws that are being repealed are listed in a part of the Act called Schedule 4. If a law is repealed, it means it is no longer in force, but things that happened under that law before it was repealed are still valid.

If something was done or a document was made under an old law that is being repealed, it will still be valid after the law is repealed. This is because the new law says that things done under the old law can still be valid under the new law. You can think of it like the new law is taking over from the old law, and things that were done under the old law are still okay.

Some parts of this section of the Act have been repealed, which means they are no longer in force, like section 68(3) which was repealed on 1 February 1982 by section 248(1) of the Public Works Act 1981.