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413: Application of Standards and Accreditation Act 2015 not affected
or “The rules about using outside information don't change how we use official standards.”

You could also call this:

“This part explains how some other laws are being changed to match the new rules.”

The law says that some other laws are going to change. These changes are listed in Schedule 4. When you look at Schedule 4, you’ll see exactly how each of these laws will be different. This is a simple way for the government to update many laws at once, instead of writing out all the changes in detail here.

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Next up: 415: Repeal

or “This part explains how an old building law is being replaced by a new one, but some rules from the old law will still work for a while.”

Part 5 Miscellaneous provisions
Miscellaneous: Amendments and repeal

414Amendments to other enactments

  1. The enactments specified in Schedule 4 are amended in the manner indicated in that schedule.