Oaths and Declarations Act 1957

Repeals

32: Repeals and savings

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"What happens to old laws when new ones are made"

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You will find that some laws are repealed. The laws listed in the Schedule 6 are repealed. This means they are no longer valid. You might wonder what happens to things that were done under the old laws. The repeal of a law does not affect things that were done under that law. These things will continue as if they were done under the new law. You should know that this does not change the Acts Interpretation Act 1924. It just means that things done under the old laws will still be valid. They will be treated as if they were done under the new laws.

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31: Certain United Kingdom Acts to cease to have effect as part of the law of New Zealand, or

Schedule 1: Form of declaration, or

Part 4Repeals

32Repeals and savings

The enactments specified in Schedule 6 are hereby repealed.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of any provision by this Act shall not affect any document made or any thing whatsoever done under the provision so repealed or under any corresponding former provision, and every such document or thing, so far as it is subsisting or in force at the time of the repeal and could have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.