You can find special rules that help when the law changes in Schedule 1AA. These rules are called transitional, savings, and related provisions. They work according to what they say.

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4: Interpretation, or

"What special words mean in the Legal Services Act 2011"

5: Act binds the Crown, or

"The government must follow this law's rules"

Part 1Preliminary provisions

4ATransitional, savings, and related provisions

The transitional, savings, and related provisions set out in Schedule 1AA have effect according to their terms.

Notes

Section 4A: inserted, on 1 July 2020, by section 8 of the Family Court (Supporting Families in Court) Legislation Act 2020 (2020 No 17).